stark (
http://definr.com/stark)
adj 1: devoid of any qualifications or disguise or adornment; "the
blunt truth"; "the crude facts"; "facing the stark
reality of the deadline" [syn:
blunt,
crude(a),
stark(a)]
2: severely simple; "a stark interior" [syn:
austere,
severe]
3: complete or extreme; "stark poverty"; "a stark contrast"
4: 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" [syn:
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)]
5: 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" [syn:
bare,
barren,
bleak,
desolate]
adv : completely; "stark mad"; "mouth stark open"