Stark
[stɑːk] or [stɑrk]
Definition
(adj.) complete or extreme; 'stark poverty'; 'a stark contrast' .
(adv.) completely; 'stark mad'; 'mouth stark open'.
Edited by Denny--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) Stiff; rigid.
(n.) Complete; absolute; full; perfect; entire.
(n.) Strong; vigorous; powerful.
(n.) Severe; violent; fierce.
(n.) Mere; sheer; gross; entire; downright.
(adv.) Wholly; entirely; absolutely; quite; as, stark mind.
(v. t.) To stiffen.
Checker: Michelle
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Mere, simple, sheer, bare, downright, gross, unmistakable.
ad. Wholly, entirely, completely, fully.
Checked by Kathy
Definition
adj. stiff: gross: absolute: entire: naked an abbreviation of Stark′-nā′ked quite naked which is really a corr. of M. E. start-naked=tail-naked (A.S. steort a tail).—adv. absolutely: completely.—v.t. to make stark as in death.—v.t. Stark′en to stiffen to make obstinate.—adv. Stark′ly.—n. Stark′ness the state or quality of being stark: stiffness; stoutness.
Editor: Roxanne
Examples
- If it ain't stark staring impudence, what do you call it? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- I looked on my cherished wishes, yesterday so blooming and glowing; they lay stark, chill, livid corpses that could never revive. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- He brought up a card, too, with the name of 'Colonel Lysander Stark' engraved upon it. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- He consented, and I immediately stripped myself stark naked, and went down softly into the stream. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
- Colonel Stark laid down the lamp on the top of a harmonium beside the door. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- Colonel Lysander Stark stopped at last before a low door, which he unlocked. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- When Ursula had gone, Gudrun felt her own existence had become stark and elemental. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- They were stark naked, men, women, and children, round a fire, as I could discover by the smoke. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
- I looked up, along the cloth, and there at the end, stark and grim and black, in the yellow light--there was his dead face. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Colonel Lysander Stark sprang out, and, as I followed after him, pulled me swiftly into a porch which gaped in front of us. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
Editor: Vito