STARK: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for STARK?

Need another word that means the same as “stark”? Find 81 synonyms and 30 related words for “stark” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Stark” are: arrant, complete, consummate, double-dyed, everlasting, gross, perfect, pure, sodding, staring, thorough, thoroughgoing, unadulterated, utter, bare, barren, bleak, desolate, blunt, crude, austere, severe, stern, sharp, well focused, crisp, distinct, obvious, evident, clear, clear-cut, graphic, striking, arid, vacant, empty, forsaken, godforsaken, dreary, gloomy, sombre, depressing, cheerless, joyless, uninviting, miserable, grim, harsh, oppressive, merciless, plain, simple, unadorned, unembellished, undecorated, uncomfortable, bald, straightforward, basic, unvarnished, sheer, absolute, total, positive, downright, out-and-out, outright, strong, vigorous, sturdy, tough, powerful, powerfully built, muscular, sinewy, rugged, hardy, strapping, brawny, burly, husky

Stark as an Adjective

Definitions of "Stark" as an adjective

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “stark” as an adjective can have the following definitions:

• Devoid of any qualifications or disguise or adornment.
• Unpleasantly or sharply clear.
• Without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers.
• Without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers.
• Complete; sheer.
• Physically strong or powerful.
• Severe or bare in appearance or outline.
• Providing no shelter or sustenance.
• Stiff, rigid, or incapable of movement.
• Complete or extreme.
• Severely simple.
• Completely naked.

Synonyms of "Stark" as an adjective (81 Words)

absolute	Used for emphasis when expressing an opinion. The policy is absolute folly.
arid	(of land or a climate) having little or no rain; too dry or barren to support vegetation. The arid plains north of Cape Town.
arrant	Without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers. An arrant fool.
austere	(of living conditions or a way of life) having no comforts or luxuries. He was an austere man with a rigidly puritanical outlook.
bald	(of a tyre) having the tread worn away. He was starting to go bald.
bare	Just barely adequate or within a lower limit. The bare walls.
barren	Not bearing offspring. The barren burnt up countryside.
basic	Having tastes, interests, or attitudes regarded as mainstream or conventional (typically used of a woman. The laying down of arms is basic to the agreement.
bleak	Offering little or no hope. He paints a bleak picture of a company that has lost its way.
blunt	(of a person or remark) uncompromisingly forthright. Thick marks made by a blunt pencil.
brawny	Possessing physical strength and weight; rugged and powerful. A great brawny brute.
burly	(of a person) large and strong; heavily built. I saw a burly figure approaching.
cheerless	Causing sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy. The corridors were ill lit and cheerless.
clear	Clear of charges or deductions. Clear water.
clear-cut	Having had all the trees removed at one time.
complete	Perfect and complete in every respect having all necessary qualities. A complete coward.
consummate	Without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers. A consummate performance.
crisp	Tender and brittle. 65 in crisp new notes.
crude	Belonging to an early stage of technical development characterized by simplicity and often crudeness. Crude behavior.
depressing	Causing sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy. The economic outlook is depressing.
desolate	Providing no shelter or sustenance. I suddenly felt desolate and bereft.
distinct	Clearly or sharply defined to the mind. A distinct outline.
double-dyed	Without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers.
downright	Characterized by plain blunt honesty. Her common sense and downright attitude to life surprised him.
dreary	Causing dejection. A series of dreary dinner parties.
empty	Having no value or purpose. Empty bellied children.
everlasting	Lasting forever or a very long time. Life everlasting.
evident	Clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment. Evident hostility.
forsaken	Abandoned or deserted. A journey into forgotten and forsaken places.
gloomy	Causing dejection. Gloomy forecasts about the economy.
godforsaken	Located in a dismal or remote area; desolate. A godforsaken wilderness crossroads.
graphic	Describing nudity or sexual activity in graphic detail. Graphic symbols.
grim	Filled with melancholy and despondency. The grim aftermath of the bombing.
gross	Without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers. The gross amount of the gift was 1 000.
hardy	Invulnerable to fear or intimidation. Strawberries are hardy and easy to grow.
harsh	(of reality or a fact) grim and unpalatable. Harsh guttural shouts.
husky	(of a person) big and strong. Clothing sizes for husky boys.
joyless	Not giving or feeling any pleasure or satisfaction; grim or dismal. A joyless man.
merciless	Showing no mercy. A merciless critic.
miserable	Deserving or inciting pity. A miserable man in his late sixties.
muscular	Having a robust muscular body build characterized by predominance of structures bone and muscle and connective tissue developed from the embryonic mesodermal layer. The muscular and passionate Fifth Symphony.
obvious	Predictable and lacking in subtlety. Obvious errors.
oppressive	Weighing heavily on the mind or spirits. The atmosphere was oppressive.
out-and-out	Being out or having grown cold.
outright	Total. An outright refusal.
perfect	Of a tense denoting a completed action or a state or habitual action which began in the past The perfect tense is formed in English with have or has and the past participle as in they have eaten and they have been eating present perfect they had eaten past perfect and they will have eaten future perfect. The equipment was in perfect condition.
plain	Lacking embellishment or ornamentation. Plain food.
positive	Having a positive charge. I am positive he is lying.
powerful	Of a person possessing physical strength and weight rugged and powerful. The world s most powerful nation.
powerfully built	Having great power or force or potency or effect.
pure	Of color being chromatically pure not diluted with white or grey or black. These small cymbals produce a quiet but high pitched and very pure note.
rugged	(of ground or terrain) having a broken, rocky, and uneven surface. A rugged coastline.
severe	Severely simple. A severe test of stamina.
sharp	Keenly and painfully felt as if caused by a sharp edge or point. A pencil with a sharp point.
sheer	So thin as to transmit light. Sheer silk stockings.
simple	Apart from anything else; without additions or modifications. A quiet unassuming man with simple tastes.
sinewy	Possessing physical strength and weight; rugged and powerful. A short sinewy sunburnt man.
sodding	Without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers. What a sodding mess.
sombre	Grave or even gloomy in character. He looked at her with a sombre expression.
staring	Without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers. Stark staring mad.
stern	Of a stern or strict bearing or demeanor forbidding in aspect. The stern demands of parenthood.
straightforward	Uncomplicated and easy to do or understand. Straightforward in all his business affairs.
strapping	(especially of a young person) big and strong. They had three strapping sons.
striking	Having a quality that thrusts itself into attention. It is striking that no research into the problem is being carried out.
strong	Relating to or denoting the strongest of the known kinds of force between particles which acts between nucleons and other hadrons when closer than about 10 cm so binding protons in a nucleus despite the repulsion due to their charge and which conserves strangeness parity and isospin. A strong leader.
sturdy	Strong enough to withstand rough work or treatment. The bike is sturdy enough to cope with bumpy tracks.
thorough	Without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers. Thorough research.
thoroughgoing	Performed comprehensively and completely. A thoroughgoing villain.
total	Comprising the whole number or amount. A total disaster.
tough	Feeling physical discomfort or pain tough is occasionally used colloquially for bad. It s a tough life.
unadorned	Not adorned; plain. The unadorned truth.
unadulterated	Not mixed with impurities. The unadulterated truth.
uncomfortable	Providing or experiencing physical discomfort. He began to feel uncomfortable at the man s hard stare.
undecorated	Not adorned or decorated. The walls were completely undecorated.
unembellished	Not embellished or decorated. The unembellished truth.
uninviting	(especially of a place or prospect) not attractive. The house was dark and uninviting.
unvarnished	Not having a coating of stain or varnish. Unvarnished woodwork.
utter	Complete. Utter seriousness.
vacant	(of a position or employment) not filled. 40 per cent of the offices are still vacant.
vigorous	Characterized by or involving physical strength, effort, or energy. A vigorous denial.
well focused	In good health especially after having suffered illness or injury.

Usage Examples of "Stark" as an adjective

• His position is in stark contrast to that of Curran.
• A stark landscape.
• The ridge formed a stark silhouette against the sky.
• A stark interior.
• A human body lying stiff and stark by the stream.
• Stark staring mad.
• Facing the stark reality of the deadline.
• The stark reality of life for millions of young people.
• Stark poverty.
• The dragoons were stark fellows.
• He came running back in stark terror.
• A stark contrast.

Associations of "Stark" (30 Words)

absolute	(of a ruler) having unrestricted power. An absolute monarch.
absolutely	None whatsoever. An absolutely magnificent painting.
arrant	Without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers. What arrant nonsense.
barren	A barren tract or tracts of land. The room was barren of furniture.
bleak	Providing no shelter or sustenance. His mouth was set and his eyes were bleak.
complete	Complete or carry out. He was still throwing the ball hard enough to complete 48 of 76 passes.
completely	So as to be complete; with everything necessary. It was completely different from what we expected.
desolate	Crushed by grief. I suddenly felt desolate and bereft.
entirely	Without any others being included or involved. The traffic seemed to consist entirely of black cabs.
enunciate	Express or state clearly. She enunciated each word slowly.
infertile	Incapable of reproducing. An infertile couple.
irrevocably	In an irrevocable manner. My life changed irrevocably in an instant.
out-and-out	A failure by a batter or runner to reach a base safely in baseball.
outright	Immediately or instantly. An outright refusal.
perfectly	Used for emphasis, especially in order to assert something that has been challenged or doubted. Perfectly clean glass bottles.
staring	Open and fixed as if in fear or wonder. Stark staring mad.
sterile	(of land or soil) too poor in quality to produce crops. A sterile needle and syringes.
thoroughgoing	Exemplifying a specified characteristic fully; absolute. A thoroughgoing villain.
thoroughly	Completely and absolutely good is sometimes used informally for thoroughly. She was soon thoroughly bored.
totally	Used to emphasize a clause or statement. A totally new situation.
unadulterated	Without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers. Unadulterated whole milk yogurt.
unconditional	Not modified or restricted by reservations. Unconditional surrender.
unfruitful	Not fruitful; not conducive to abundant production. Single trees are often unfruitful and mixed planting is desirable.
unmitigated	Not diminished or moderated in intensity or severity; sometimes used as an intensifier. An unmitigated lie.
unproductive	Not producing or able to produce large amounts of goods, crops, or other commodities. The talks between labor and management were unproductive.
utter	Express audibly utter sounds not necessarily words. Utter seriousness.
utterly	Completely and without qualification; used informally as intensifiers. Utterly miserable.
vested	Fixed and absolute and without contingency. A vested right.
wholly	To a complete degree or to the full or entire extent whole is often used informally for wholly. She found herself given over wholly to sensation.
windswept	(of a place) exposed to strong winds. The windswept moors.