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Adjective stark has 5 senses
- blunt, crude, stark - devoid of any qualifications or disguise or adornment; "the blunt truth"; "the crude facts"; "facing the stark reality of the deadline"
Antonym: conditional (indirect, via unconditional)
- austere, severe, stark - severely simple; "a stark interior"
Antonym: fancy (indirect, via plain)
- stark - complete or extreme; "stark poverty"; "a stark contrast"
Antonym: moderate (indirect, via immoderate)
- arrant, complete, consummate, double-dyed, everlasting, gross, perfect, pure, sodding, stark, staring, thoroughgoing, utter - 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"
Antonym: mitigated (indirect, via unmitigated)
- bare, barren, bleak, desolate, stark - 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"
Antonym: hospitable (indirect, via inhospitable)
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