stark, adj.
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freq. cnt. 1
devoid of any qualifications or disguise or adornment
<adj.all> (a) (a) freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1
blunt crude stark
sample sentences
"the blunt truth""the crude facts"
"facing the stark reality of the deadline"
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providing no shelter or sustenance
<adj.all> freq. cnt.: 5 freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 1
bare barren bleak desolate stark
sample sentences
"bare rocky hills""barren lands"
"the bleak treeless regions of the high Andes"
"the desolate surface of the moon"
"a stark landscape"
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without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers
<adj.all> (a) (a) (a) (a) (a) (a) (a) (a) (a) (a) (a) (a) (a) (a) freq. cnt.: 5 freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 2
arrant complete consummate double-dyed everlasting gross perfect pure sodding staring stark thorough thoroughgoing unadulterated utter
sample sentences
"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 thorough nuisance"
"a thoroughgoing villain"
"utter nonsense"
"the unadulterated truth"
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complete or extreme
<adj.all>
stark
sample sentences
"stark poverty""a stark contrast"
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severely simple
<adj.all> freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1
austere severe stark stern
sample sentences
"a stark interior"
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