1. (

• blunt ,
• crude ,
• stark

) devoid of any qualifications or disguise or adornment; "the blunt truth"; "the crude facts"; "facing the stark reality of the deadline" ;

2. (

• austere ,
• severe ,
• stark ,
• stern

) severely simple; "a stark interior" ;

3. (

• stark

) complete or extreme; "stark poverty"; "a stark contrast" ;

4. (

• arrant ,
• complete ,
• consummate ,
• double-dyed ,
• everlasting ,
• gross ,
• perfect ,
• pure ,
• sodding ,
• stark ,
• staring ,
• thorough ,
• thoroughgoing ,
• utter ,
• unadulterated

) 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 thorough nuisance"; "a thoroughgoing villain"; "utter nonsense"; "the unadulterated truth" ;

5. (

• 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" ;

1. (

• stark

) completely; "stark mad"; "mouth stark open" ;