'Stark' definitions:
Definition of 'stark'
(from WordNet)
adverb
Completely; "stark mad"; "mouth stark open"
adjective
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)]
adjective
adjective
Complete or extreme; "stark poverty"; "a stark contrast"
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"; "the unadulterated truth" [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), unadulterated]
adjective
Definition of 'Stark'
From: GCIDE
- Stark \Stark\ (st[aum]rk), a. [Compar. Starker (-[~e]r); superl. Starkest.] [OE. stark stiff, strong, AS. stearc; akin to OS. starc strong, D. sterk, OHG. starc, starah, G. & Sw. stark, Dan. staerk, Icel. sterkr, Goth. gasta['u]rknan to become dried up, Lith. str["e]gti to stiffen, to freeze. Cf. Starch, a. & n.]
- 1. Stiff; rigid. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
- Whose senses all were straight benumbed and stark. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
- His heart gan wax as stark as marble stone. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
- Many a nobleman lies stark and stiff Under the hoofs of vaunting enemies. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- The north is not so stark and cold. --B. Jonson. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Complete; absolute; full; perfect; entire. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- Consider the stark security The common wealth is in now. --B. Jonson. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Strong; vigorous; powerful. [1913 Webster]
- A stark, moss-trooping Scot. --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster]
- Stark beer, boy, stout and strong beer. --Beau. & Fl. [1913 Webster]
- 4. Severe; violent; fierce. [Obs.] "In starke stours" [i. e., in fierce combats]. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
- 5. Mere; sheer; gross; entire; downright. [1913 Webster]
- He pronounces the citation stark nonsense. --Collier. [1913 Webster]
- Rhetoric is very good or stark naught; there's no medium in rhetoric. --Selden. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Stark'
From: GCIDE
- Stark \Stark\ (st[aum]rk), adv. Wholly; entirely; absolutely; quite; as, stark mad. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- Held him strangled in his arms till he was stark dead. --Fuller. [1913 Webster]
- Stark naked, wholly naked; quite bare. [1913 Webster]
- Strip your sword stark naked. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- Note: According to Professor Skeat, "stark-naked" is derived from steort-naked, or start-naked, literally tail-naked, and hence wholly naked. If this etymology be true the preferable form is stark-naked. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Stark'
From: GCIDE
- Stark \Stark\, v. t. To stiffen. [R.] [1913 Webster]
- If horror have not starked your limbs. --H. Taylor. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'stark'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- absolute,
- absolutely,
- altogether,
- arrant,
- ascetic,
- austere,
- bald,
- bare,
- barren,
- basic,
- blasted,
- bleak,
- blessed,
- blunt,
- candid,
- chaste,
- classical,
- clean,
- clear,
- clearly,
- cold,
- common,
- commonplace,
- complete,
- completely,
- confounded,
- consummate,
- crass,
- decided,
- definitive,
- depressing,
- desolate,
- direct,
- downright,
- drear,
- dreary,
- dry,
- dull,
- egregious,
- elementary,
- empty,
- entirely,
- essential,
- evident,
- flagrant,
- frank,
- fully,
- fundamental,
- glaring,
- grey,
- grim,
- gross,
- hard,
- harsh,
- homely,
- homespun,
- homogeneous,
- indivisible,
- infernal,
- inornate,
- intolerable,
- irreducible,
- irretrievably,
- irrevocably,
- lean,
- matter-of-fact,
- mere,
- monolithic,
- naked,
- natural,
- neat,
- nude,
- obvious,
- obviously,
- of a piece,
- open,
- out-and-out,
- outright,
- patent,
- perfect,
- perfectly,
- plain,
- plain-speaking,
- plain-spoken,
- plainly,
- plumb,
- positive,
- primary,
- profound,
- pronounced,
- proper,
- prosaic,
- prosing,
- prosy,
- pure,
- pure and simple,
- quite,
- rank,
- ravaged,
- raw,
- regular,
- right,
- rustic,
- severe,
- shattering,
- sheer,
- shocking,
- simon-pure,
- simple,
- simple-speaking,
- single,
- sober,
- spare,
- Spartan,
- spooky,
- stark-naked,
- stark-staring,
- straightforward,
- stripped,
- superlative,
- surpassing,
- the veriest,
- thorough,
- thoroughgoing,
- total,
- totally,
- unadorned,
- unaffected,
- unbearable,
- unclad,
- unclothed,
- uncluttered,
- unconditional,
- unconscionable,
- undeniable,
- undifferenced,
- undifferentiated,
- unelaborate,
- unembellished,
- unenhanced,
- unequivocal,
- unfancy,
- unfussy,
- uniform,
- unimaginative,
- unmitigated,
- unornate,
- unpoetical,
- unqualified,
- unrelieved,
- unrelievedly,
- unspoiled,
- unvarnished,
- utter,
- utterly,
- vacant,
- vacuous,
- void,
- wholly
Stark, KS -- U.S. city in Kansas
From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Stark, KS -- U.S. city in Kansas
Population (2000) :
106
Housing Units (2000) :
47
Land area (2000) :
0.174053 sq. miles (0.450794 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
0.174053 sq. miles (0.450794 sq. km)
FIPS code :
68025
Located within :
Kansas (KS), FIPS 20
Location :
37.689592 N, 95.143573 W
ZIP Codes (1990) :
66775
Note :
some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Stark -- U.S. County in Illinois
From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Stark -- U.S. County in Illinois
Population (2000) :
6332
Housing Units (2000) :
2725
Land area (2000) :
287.937834 sq. miles (745.755535 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
0.275745 sq. miles (0.714176 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
288.213579 sq. miles (746.469711 sq. km)
Located within :
Illinois (IL), FIPS 17
Location :
41.097764 N, 89.802300 W
Stark -- U.S. County in Ohio
From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Stark -- U.S. County in Ohio
Population (2000) :
378098
Housing Units (2000) :
157024
Land area (2000) :
576.136229 sq. miles (1492.185919 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
4.773125 sq. miles (12.362336 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
580.909354 sq. miles (1504.548255 sq. km)
Located within :
Ohio (OH), FIPS 39
Location :
40.819408 N, 81.383599 W
Stark -- U.S. County in North Dakota
From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Stark -- U.S. County in North Dakota
Population (2000) :
22636
Housing Units (2000) :
9722
Land area (2000) :
1338.162493 sq. miles (3465.824800 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
2.300379 sq. miles (5.957955 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
1340.462872 sq. miles (3471.782755 sq. km)
Located within :
North Dakota (ND), FIPS 38
Location :
46.852248 N, 102.712489 W