1. Devoid of any qualifications or disguise or adornment
   "facing the stark reality of the deadline"
   - blunt, crude 
2. Severely simple
   "a stark interior"
   - austere, severe, stern 
3. Complete or extreme
   "stark poverty"; "a stark contrast" 
4. Without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers
   "stark staring mad"
   - arrant, complete, consummate, double-dyed, everlasting, gross, perfect, pure, sodding, staring, thoroughgoing, utter, unadulterated 
5. Providing no shelter or sustenance
   "a stark landscape"
   - bare, barren, bleak, desolate

1. Completely
   "stark mad"; "mouth stark open"

Derived forms: starker, starkest

See also: immoderate, inhospitable, plain, starkly, starkness, unconditional, unconditioned, unmitigated

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