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Synonyms of stark in English:

stark


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adjective

1‘the ridge formed a stark silhouette against the sky’

SYNONYMS
sharply delineated, sharp, sharply defined, well focused, crisp, distinct, obvious, evident, clear, clear-cut, graphic, striking
ANTONYMS

fuzzy, indistinct

2‘a stark landscape’

SYNONYMS
desolate, bare, barren, arid, vacant, empty, forsaken, godforsaken, bleak, dreary, gloomy, sombre, depressing, cheerless, joyless, uninviting, miserable, grim, harsh, oppressive, merciless
literary drear
ANTONYMS

pleasant

3‘an upright chair was the only furniture in the stark room’

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austere, severe, bleak, plain, simple, bare, unadorned, unembellished, undecorated, uncomfortable
ANTONYMS

comfortable, ornate

4‘he came running back in stark terror’

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sheer, utter, complete, absolute, total, pure, perfect, positive, downright, out-and-out, outright
thorough, thoroughgoing, through and through, consummate, surpassing, veritable, rank, unequivocal, undeniable, unqualified, unmitigated, unalloyed, unadulterated, unmixed

5‘the stark fact is that the societies simply do not have the funds’

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blunt, bald, bare, simple, straightforward, basic, plain, unadorned, unembellished, unvarnished, harsh, grim
ANTONYMS

disguised


adverb

1‘he was stark naked’

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completely, totally, utterly, absolutely, downright, dead, entirely, wholly, fully, quite, altogether, simply, thoroughly, truly