Antonyms for stark
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : stahrk |
| Phonetic Transcription : stɑrk |
Definition of stark
Origin :- Old English stearc "stiff, strong" (related to starian "to stare"), from Proto-Germanic *starkaz (cf. Old Norse sterkr, Old Frisian sterk, Middle Dutch starc, Old High German starah, German stark, Gothic *starks), from PIE root *ster- "stiff, rigid" (see stare).
- Meaning "utter, sheer, complete" first recorded c.1400, perhaps from influence of common phrase stark dead (late 14c.), with stark mistaken as an intensive adjective. Sense of "bare, barren" is from 1833. Stark naked (1520s) is from Middle English start naked (early 13c.), from Old English steort "tail, rump." Hence British slang starkers "naked" (1923).
- adj utter, absolute
- adj bare, unadorned
- Now, there was stark wonder in his eyes as he put the question.
- Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
- A bullet strikes the lock of Stark's gun, and renders it useless.
- Extract from : « Harper's Young People, October 19, 1880 » by Various
- Stark, with a part of the Rangers, made a dash and captured seven prisoners.
- Extract from : « Harper's Young People, October 19, 1880 » by Various
- But stark fear and the memory of unendurable pain drove him on.
- Extract from : « Happy Ending » by Fredric Brown
- He listened to her stark with anguish, yet in utter submission.
- Extract from : « Nana, The Miller's Daughter, Captain Burle, Death of Olivier Becaille » by Emile Zola
- But his wife was dying from the hardships she had suffered, due to stark poverty.
- Extract from : « The Age of Invention » by Holland Thompson
- He is not in his right mind, said Ctesippus; he is talking nonsense, and is stark mad.
- Extract from : « Lysis » by Plato
- We'll both be stark, ravin' distracted if we keep on this way.
- Extract from : « Thankful's Inheritance » by Joseph C. Lincoln
- They are stark mad with curiosity, and unable for a spell to say a word to us.
- Extract from : « The House Under the Sea » by Sir Max Pemberton
- Stark and cruelly naked they lay there, pulsing with life that should not have been.
- Extract from : « The Affair of the Brains » by Anthony Gilmore
Synonyms for stark
- abrupt
- arrant
- au naturel
- austere
- bald
- bare
- barren
- blasted
- bleak
- blessed
- blunt
- chaste
- clear
- cold
- complete
- confounded
- consummate
- depressing
- desolate
- downright
- dreary
- empty
- entire
- firm
- flagrant
- forsaken
- grim
- gross
- harsh
- infernal
- naked
- nude
- out-and-out
- outright
- palpable
- patent
- plain
- pure
- rank
- raw
- severe
- sheer
- simple
- solitary
- stiff
- stripped
- unalloyed
- unclad
- unclothed
- uncovered
- undraped
- unmitigated
- vacant
- vacuous
- void
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