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Synonyms for stark
stɑrkstark
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Princeton's WordNet
blunt, crude(a), stark(a)adjective
devoid of any qualifications or disguise or adornment
"the blunt truth"; "the crude facts"; "facing the stark reality of the deadline"
Antonyms:
conditional, fancy, mitigated, moderate, hospitableaustere, severe, stark, sternadjective
severely simple
"a stark interior"
Synonyms:
life-threatening, perfect(a), consummate(a), unadulterated, double-dyed(a), austere, serious, ascetic, bare, arrant(a), severe, desolate, staring(a), unrelenting, stern, grievous, sodding(a), unappeasable, grave, everlasting(a), crude(a), dangerous, wicked, complete(a), hard, gross(a), terrible, stark(a), pure(a), relentless, barren, unforgiving, blunt, grim, bleak, inexorable, exacting, thoroughgoing(a), strict, ascetical, utter(a), spartan, knockoutAntonyms:
fancy, moderate, hospitable, mitigated, conditionalstarkadjective
complete or extreme
"stark poverty"; "a stark contrast"
Synonyms:
everlasting(a), perfect(a), sodding(a), utter(a), thoroughgoing(a), double-dyed(a), crude(a), complete(a), stern, gross(a), staring(a), arrant(a), bleak, desolate, stark(a), barren, consummate(a), pure(a), blunt, unadulterated, austere, severe, bareAntonyms:
conditional, hospitable, moderate, mitigated, fancyarrant(a), complete(a), consummate(a), double-dyed(a), everlasting(a), gross(a), perfect(a), pure(a), sodding(a), stark(a), staring(a), thoroughgoing(a), utter(a), unadulteratedadjective
without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers
"an arrant fool"; "a complete coward"; "a consummate fool"; "a double-dyed villain"; "gross negligence"; "a perfect idiot"; "pure folly"; "what a sodding mess"; "stark staring mad"; "a thoroughgoing villain"; "utter nonsense"; "the unadulterated truth"
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mitigated, fancy, conditional, moderate, hospitablebare, barren, bleak, desolate, starkadverb
providing no shelter or sustenance
"bare rocky hills"; "barren lands"; "the bleak treeless regions of the high Andes"; "the desolate surface of the moon"; "a stark landscape"
Synonyms:
spare, bare(a), devoid, perfect(a), consummate(a), blunt, unornamented, austere, au naturel(p), bare, raw, marginal, arrant(a), black, severe, gross(a), staring(a), simple(a), stripped, desolate, destitute, mere(a), cutting, everlasting(a), double-dyed(a), crude(a), dim, complete(a), innocent, plain, nude, unsheathed, pure(a), unfinished, barren, stark(a), unadulterated, thoroughgoing(a), free, naked, bleak, unembellished, sodding(a), scanty, utter(a), sternAntonyms:
mitigated, fancy, conditional, moderate, hospitablestarkadverb
completely
"stark mad"; "mouth stark open"
Antonyms:
fancy, moderate, conditional, hospitable, mitigated
Dictionary of English Synonymes
Words popularity by usage frequency
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#42 | free | |
#271 | black | |
#596 | hard | |
#828 | nude | |
#1340 | strong | |
#1895 | naked | |
#2107 | serious | |
#3079 | raw | |
#3091 | sharp | |
#3226 | plain | |
#3717 | cutting | |
#3964 | severe | |
#4178 | dangerous | |
#6173 | spare | |
#6918 | terrible | |
#6959 | bare | |
#7139 | strict | |
#7271 | innocent | |
#8065 | grave | |
#8459 | wicked | |
#9389 | dim | |
#10536 | stern | |
#11024 | marginal | |
#11372 | blunt | |
#11437 | harsh | |
#12618 | stark | |
#14856 | grim | |
#14913 | stripped | |
#15984 | unfinished | |
#22353 | spartan | |
#24199 | knockout | |
#24248 | relentless | |
#24547 | barren | |
#25029 | bleak | |
#26101 | blatant | |
#27252 | devoid | |
#36359 | desolate | |
#39188 | exacting | |
#40529 | grievous | |
#43391 | destitute | |
#49169 | unrelenting | |
#52223 | flagrant | |
#53038 | austere | |
#60472 | unforgiving | |
#61622 | starck | |
#65527 | ascetic | |
#67164 | scanty | |
#68734 | unadulterated | |
#73839 | inexorable | |
#143026 | joyless | |
#219582 | unsheathed |
How to use stark in a sentence?
These dangerous actions will further accelerate the loss of species and habitat in stark contrast to the explicit purpose of the law.
The presidency is a monstrously taxing job and the stark reality is the president would be closer to 90 than 80 at the end of a second term, and that would be a major issue.
Those who can laugh without cause have either found the true meaning of happiness or have gone stark raving mad.
While we cannot explain the reason for her behavior, the juxtaposition of a previously-wild orca against the stark backdrop of the park’s performance area is unsettling, to say the least.
Multispeed recoveries are under way in all regions and across income groups, linked to stark differences in the pace of vaccine rollout, the extent of economic policy support, and structural factors such as reliance on tourism, the divergent recovery paths are likely to create significantly wider gaps in living standards between developing countries and others.
Translations for stark
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- naprostý, úplně, tvrdý, tuhý, dočista, zatvrzelý, nepříznivý, mocný, naprosto, pustý, krutý, bouřlivý, silnýCzech
- stærkDanish
- rígidoSpanish
- sterkurFaroese
- rigideFrench
- निराHindi
- duro, totale, inflessibile, violento, puro e semplice, nudo, vero e proprio, assoluto, gagliardo, crudo, bell'e buono, completo, rigido, desolato, selvaggio, furioso, aspro, stecchito, forte, robustoItalian
- 뚜렷한Korean
- summaeLatin
- sterkDutch
- gwałtowny, sztywny, twardyPolish
- in intregime, crud, drastic, dur, violent, rigid, puternic, absolut, aspru, total, viguros, dezolantRomanian
- silnýSlovak
- స్టార్క్Telugu
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