stark

Meanings

• devoid of any qualifications or disguise or adornment
  • "facing the stark reality of the deadline"
• severely simple
  • "a stark interior"
• complete or extreme
  • "stark poverty"
  • "a stark contrast"
• without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers
  • "stark staring mad"
• providing no shelter or sustenance
  • "a stark landscape"
• completely
  • "stark mad"
  • "mouth stark open"

Synonyms

arrant, austere, bare, barren, bleak, blunt, complete, consummate, crude, desolate, double-dyed, everlasting, gross, perfect, pure, severe, sodding, staring, stern, thoroughgoing, unadulterated, utter