completely; stark mad; mouth stark open'

devoid of any qualifications or disguise or adornment; the blunt truth; the crude facts; facing the stark reality of the deadline

[ Syn: blunt , crude ]

severely simple; a stark interior

[ Syn: austere , severe , stern ]

complete or extreme; stark poverty; a stark contrast'

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

[ Syn: arrant , complete , consummate , double-dyed , everlasting , gross , perfect , pure , sodding , staring , thoroughgoing , utter , unadulterated ]

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

[ Syn: bare , barren , bleak , desolate ]