1. (adj) blunt, crude(a), stark(a)
devoid of any qualifications or disguise or adornment
Antonyms: conditional, fancy, mitigated, moderate, hospitable
2. (adj) austere, severe, stark, stern
severely simple
Synonyms: life-threatening, perfect(a), consummate(a), unadulterated, double-dyed(a), austere, serious, ascetic, bare, arrant(a), stark, 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. (adj) stark
complete or extreme
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. (adj) 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
without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers
Antonyms: mitigated, fancy, conditional, moderate, hospitable
5. (adverb) bare, barren, bleak, desolate, stark
providing no shelter or sustenance
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, stark, utter(a), stern Antonyms: mitigated, fancy, conditional, moderate, hospitable
6. (adverb) stark
completely
Antonyms: fancy, moderate, conditional, hospitable, mitigated
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