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Synonyms
stark (stärk)

[Middle English, stiff, severe, strong, from Old English stearc.]

adjective: stark·er, stark·est. 

  1. Bare or blunt: “His language has become increasingly stark, to the point of sounding strident” (Robert Pear)
  2. Complete or utter; extreme: stark poverty; a stark contrast.
  3. Harsh; grim: “faced with that stark future” (Robert C. McFarlane) “ found it hard to accept such a stark portrait of unrelieved failure” (W. Bruce Lincoln)

adverb 

Utterly; entirely: stark raving mad.

derivatives

starḱly
adverb
starḱness
noun