stark
adj 1: devoid of any qualifications or disguise or adornment; "the
blunt truth"; "the crude facts"; "facing the stark
reality of the deadline" [syn: {blunt}, {crude(a)}, {stark(a)}]
2: severely simple; "a stark interior" [syn: {austere}, {severe}]
3: complete or extreme; "stark poverty"; "a stark contrast"
4: 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" [syn: {arrant(a)}, {complete(a)},
{consummate(a)}, {double-dyed(a)}, {everlasting(a)}, {gross(a)},
{perfect(a)}, {pure(a)}, {sodding(a)}, {stark(a)}, {staring(a)},
{thoroughgoing(a)}, {utter(a)}]
5: 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}]
adv : completely; "stark mad"; "mouth stark open"
Source: WordNet® 2.0