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(adverb) completely; "stark mad"; "mouth stark open" |
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(satellite adjective) complete or extreme; "stark poverty"; "a stark contrast" |
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(satellite adjective) devoid of any qualifications or disguise or adornment; "the blunt truth"; "the crude facts"; "facing the stark reality of the deadline" |
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Synonyms: blunt, crude |
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(satellite adjective) severely simple; "a stark interior" |
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Synonyms: austere, severe |
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(satellite adjective) 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" |
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Synonyms: bare, barren, bleak, desolate |
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(satellite adjective) 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" |
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Synonyms: arrant, complete, consummate, double-dyed, everlasting, gross, perfect, pure, sodding, staring, thoroughgoing, utter |
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