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- Dictionarystark/stɑːk/
adjective
- 1. severe or bare in appearance or outline: "the ridge formed a stark silhouette against the sky" Similar Opposite
- 2. complete; sheer: "he came running back in stark terror" Similar
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empty, simple, or obvious, especially without decoration or anything that is not necessary: It was a stark room with a bed and chair as the only furniture. The stark reality is that we are operating at a huge loss. In the suburbs the spacious houses stand in stark (= extreme) contrast to the slums of the city's poor. Synonyms. austere.
The meaning of STARK is rigid in or as if in death. How to use stark in a sentence.
9 meanings: 1. devoid of any elaboration; blunt 2. grim; desolate 3. utter; absolute 4. archaic severe; violent 5. archaic or.... Click for more definitions.
STARK meaning: 1. empty, simple, or obvious, especially without decoration or anything that is not necessary: 2…. Learn more.
Definition of stark adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Stark definition: sheer, utter, downright, or complete. See examples of STARK used in a sentence.
unpleasantly clear and obvious: His death is a stark warning to other people about the dangers of drugs. stark difference/contrast. a total difference: Jerry is very lazy, in stark contrast to his sister who works very hard.
stark (somewhat formal) used for describing an unpleasant fact or difference that is very obvious: He had to face the stark reality of the situation. The simple/plain truth may be something that some people do not want to hear, but it may be good for them to hear it anyway.
Stark means "complete or extreme," like the stark contrast between your music taste — punk and weird metal — and your mom's, with all her 1950's doo-wop favorites. In describing a place, stark means "providing no shelter or sustenance."
1. Clearly distinguished or delineated: a stark contrast. 2. a. Bare, desolate, or unadorned: an apartment with stark white walls; the stark beauty of the desert landscape. b. Severe or unmitigated; harsh or grim: "[They] found it hard to accept such a stark portrait of unrelieved failure" (W. Bruce Lincoln). 3.
