Synonyms for stark
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1. blunt, crude(a), stark(a)adjective

   devoid of any qualifications or disguise or adornment

   "the blunt truth"; "the crude facts"; "facing the stark reality of the deadline"

   Antonyms:
   conditional, fancy, mitigated, moderate, hospitable

2. austere, severe, stark, sternadjective

   severely simple

   "a stark interior"

   Synonyms:
   life-threatening, perfect(a), consummate(a), unadulterated, double-dyed(a), austere, serious, ascetic, bare, arrant(a), severe, desolate, staring(a), unrelenting, stern, grievous, sodding(a), unappeasable, grave, everlasting(a), crude(a), dangerous, wicked, complete(a), hard, gross(a), terrible, stark(a), pure(a), relentless, barren, unforgiving, blunt, grim, bleak, inexorable, exacting, thoroughgoing(a), strict, ascetical, utter(a), spartan, knockout

   Antonyms:
   fancy, moderate, hospitable, mitigated, conditional

3. starkadjective

   complete or extreme

   "stark poverty"; "a stark contrast"

   Synonyms:
   everlasting(a), perfect(a), sodding(a), utter(a), thoroughgoing(a), double-dyed(a), crude(a), complete(a), stern, gross(a), staring(a), arrant(a), bleak, desolate, stark(a), barren, consummate(a), pure(a), blunt, unadulterated, austere, severe, bare

   Antonyms:
   conditional, hospitable, moderate, mitigated, fancy

4. 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), unadulteratedadjective

   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"

   Antonyms:
   mitigated, fancy, conditional, moderate, hospitable

5. bare, barren, bleak, desolate, starkadverb

   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"

   Synonyms:
   spare, bare(a), devoid, perfect(a), consummate(a), blunt, unornamented, austere, au naturel(p), bare, raw, marginal, arrant(a), black, severe, gross(a), staring(a), simple(a), stripped, desolate, destitute, mere(a), cutting, everlasting(a), double-dyed(a), crude(a), dim, complete(a), innocent, plain, nude, unsheathed, pure(a), unfinished, barren, stark(a), unadulterated, thoroughgoing(a), free, naked, bleak, unembellished, sodding(a), scanty, utter(a), stern

   Antonyms:
   mitigated, fancy, conditional, moderate, hospitable

6. starkadverb

   completely

   "stark mad"; "mouth stark open"

   Antonyms:
   fancy, moderate, conditional, hospitable, mitigated

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1. starkadjective

   Synonyms:
   mere, simple, sheer, bare, downright, gross, unmistakable

2. starkadjective

   Synonyms:
   wholly, entirely, completely, fully

3. starkadjective

   Synonyms:
   radiated, stellate, stellated, stellular

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1. List of paraphrases for "stark":

   strong, starck, flagrant, joyless, harsh, sharp, grim, austere, blatant

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1. Randall Cerveny:

   But these findings are also important to the general public as a stark reminder that lightning can strike far away from the parent source region.

2. Robert Dunham:

   What this commission (in Oklahoma) has done stands in stark contrast to what we're seeing in Arkansas.

3. David Axelrod:

   The presidency is a monstrously taxing job and the stark reality is the president would be closer to 90 than 80 at the end of a second term, and that would be a major issue.

4. Lloyd Austin:

   This fallen officer died in the line of duty, helping protect the tens of thousands of people who work in — and who visit — the Pentagon on a daily basis, this tragic death today is a stark reminder of the dangers they face and the sacrifices they make. We are forever grateful for that service and the courage with which it is rendered.

5. Michel de Montaigne:

   Man is certainly stark mad; he cannot make a flea, yet he makes gods by the dozens.