stark

IPA: stˈɑrk

noun

  • A surname.
  • An unincorporated community in Butts County, Georgia.
  • An unincorporated community in Stark County, Illinois.
  • A tiny city in Neosho County, Kansas.
  • An unincorporated community in Elliott County, Kentucky.
  • An unincorporated community in Pike County, Missouri.
  • A small town in Coos County, New Hampshire.
  • A small town in Herkimer County, New York.
  • An unincorporated community in Boone County, West Virginia.
  • A small town in Vernon County, Wisconsin.
  • (fiction) The language spoken in the Ender's Game series, which is nearly identical to American English.

verb

  • (obsolete or dialect) To stiffen.

adjective

  • (obsolete) Hard, firm; obdurate.
  • Severe; violent; fierce (now usually in describing the weather).
  • (poetic, literary or archaic) Strong; vigorous; powerful.
  • Stiff, rigid.
  • Plain in appearance; barren, desolate.
  • Naked.
  • Complete, absolute, full.

adverb

  • starkly; entirely, absolutely
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Examples of "stark" in Sentences

  • The style is stark and uncompromising.
  • Have the Bushites gone stark raving stupid
  • The atmosphere is quite stark at the moment.
  • His disavowal is far to stark for them to get around.
  • Its stark concrete walls evoke the solemnity of death.
  • The contrast with the rest of the material is too stark.
  • The interiors of the trains are largely stark and simplistic.
  • He stood in front a stark panel in the center of the passage.
  • His embrace of egoism is in stark contrast to Godwin's altruism.
  • There is a stark difference in the style of the humour and the humor.

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