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stark
1[ stahrk ]
adjective
- sheer, utter, downright, or complete:
This plan is stark madness!
- harsh, grim, or desolate, as a view, place, etc.:
Her photos capture the stark desert landscape.
- extremely simple or severe:
With its stark interior and rough ride, the car scores low in our luxury car ranking.
- bluntly or sternly plain; not softened or glamorized:
He panicked suddenly at the stark reality of the approaching deadline.
- distinct, sharp, or vivid:
The thriving community gardens stood in stark contrast to vacant land and abandoned buildings.
- stiff or rigid in substance, muscles, etc.
- rigid in death.
- Archaic. strong; powerful; massive or robust.
adverb
- utterly, absolutely, or quite:
stark mad.
- Chiefly Scot. and North England. in a stark manner; stoutly or vigorously.
Stark
2[ stahrk; German shtahrk ]
noun
- Harold Rayns路ford [reynz, -ferd], 1880鈥1972, U.S. admiral.
- 闯辞路丑补苍路苍别蝉 [yoh-, hah, -n, uh, s], 1874鈥1957, German physicist: Nobel Prize 1919.
- John, 1728鈥1822, American Revolutionary War general.
Stark
1noun
- 蝉迟蓱藧办 StarkFreya (Madeline), Dame18931993FBritishTRAVEL AND EXPLORATION: travellerWRITING: writer Dame Freya ( Madeline ) (藞fre瑟蓹). 1893鈥1993, British traveller and writer, whose many books include The Southern Gates of Arabia (1936), Beyond Euphrates (1951), and The Journey's Echo (1963)
- 蕛迟补谤办 StarkJohannes18741957MGermanSCIENCE: physicist Johannes (jo藞han蓹s). 1874鈥1957, German physicist, who discovered the splitting of the lines of a spectrum when the source of light is subjected to a strong electrostatic field ( Stark effect , 1913): Nobel prize for physics 1919
stark
2/ 蝉迟蓱藧办 /
adjective
- usually prenominal devoid of any elaboration; blunt
the stark facts
- grim; desolate
a stark landscape
- usually prenominal utter; absolute
stark folly
- archaic.severe; violent
- archaic.rigid, as in death (esp in the phrases stiff and stark, stark dead )
- short for stark-naked
adverb
- completely
stark mad
Derived Forms
- 藞蝉迟补谤办苍别蝉蝉, noun
- 藞蝉迟补谤办濒测, adverb
Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms
- 蝉迟补谤办路濒测 adverb
- 蝉迟补谤办路苍别蝉蝉 noun
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of stark1
Example Sentences
Director David Cromer, whose sensibility gravitates between stark and dark, endows the staging with macabre elegance.
The bond rating downgrades came days after Mayor Karen Bass outlined the city鈥檚 stark economic situation in her proposed budget for 2025-26, which includes laying off about 1,650 city workers.
These stark disparities are signs of arbitrary action, not rational policymaking.
The stark political divide and vast appetite for cost reduction this year in Washington, however, mean it鈥檚 unclear how many Republicans will be willing to pledge their support for Head Start.
Another unexpected find has been a woman tossed in a ditch, in stark contrast to all the other people who were buried with great care.
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