Stark

Quick meaning: Stark is an adjective meaning Severe; violent; fierce (now usually in describing the weather).

Meaning

Severe; violent; fierce (now usually in describing the weather).

More Meanings

1. (poetic, literary or archaic) Strong; vigorous; powerful.
2. Stiff, rigid.
3. Plain in appearance; barren, desolate.
4. Complete, absolute, full.
5. Starkly; entirely, absolutely.
6. (obsolete) Hard, firm; obdurate.

Example Sentences

a stark, moss-trooping Scot

The north is not so stark and cold.

Stark beer, boy, stout and strong beer.

I picked my way forlornly through the stark, sharp rocks.

Word Forms

• starker
• starkest
• starks
• starking
• starked

Synonyms for stark

Depending on context, synonyms include austere, desolate, crude, bleak, severe, blunt.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include severe, austere, immoderate, arrant, blunt, crude.

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