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stark

adjective adverb

Devoid of any qualifications or disguise or adornment

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Word Facts

Word length
5
Starts with
S
Ends with
K
Contains
TA
Scrabble score
9
CEFR level
C1

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adjective

  1. Devoid of any qualifications or disguise or adornment

    “The blunt truth”

adjective

  1. Providing no shelter or sustenance

    “Bare rocky hills”

adjective

  1. Without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers

    “An arrant fool”

adjective

  1. Complete or extreme

    “Stark poverty”

adjective

  1. Severely simple

    “A stark interior”

adverb

  1. To the fullest degree

    “Stark mad”

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Example Sentences

The blunt truth
The crude facts
Facing the stark reality of the deadline
Bare rocky hills
Barren lands
The bleak treeless regions of the high Andes
The desolate surface of the moon
A stark landscape
An arrant fool
A complete coward
A consummate fool
A double-dyed villain
Gross negligence
Stark poverty
A stark contrast
A stark interior
Stark mad
Mouth stark open

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