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English

Pronunciation

IPA: /stɑː(r)k/, ,

Etymology

stearc

Adjective

hard, firm; obdurate.
severe; violent; fierce (now usually in describing the weather)
strong; vigorous; powerful.
stiff, rigid
: His body was already stiff and stark.
hard in appearance; barren, desolate
: I picked my way forlornly through the stark, sharp rocks.
complete, absolute, full
: I screamed in stark terror.

Adverb

starkly; entirely, absolutely
: He's gone stark, staring mad.
: She was just standing there, stark naked.

Verb

(obsolete except in dialects) To stiffen.
(Publishing) To edit mercilessly with an iron hand
: Laurie needs to stark this asap.

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German

Etymology

Old High German stark

Pronunciation

An audio transcript can be found at De-at-stark.ogg

Adjective

strong

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Old High German

Etymology

Common Germanic *starkaz, whence also Old English stearc, Old Norse sterkr

Adjective

stark

strong

Category:Old High German adjectives

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Swedish

Etymology

Old Norse sterkr

Pronunciation

An audio transcript can be found at Sv-stark.ogg

Adjective

stark

strong; able to use great force
strong; capable of withstanding great physical force
strong; highly stimulating to the senses
: starkt ljus = strong light
spicy, hot; with a biting taste
strong; having a high concentration of an essential; possibly alcohol
: starkt kaffe = strong coffee
strong
strong; not easily subdued or taken

Related terms

starkt verb / stark böjning

Synonyms

;able to use great force

kraftfull

;capable of withstanding force

stadig

;spicy

;having intense odor or flavor

frän, skarp, stickande

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Stark \Stark\ (st[aum]rk), a. [Compar. Starker (-[~e]r);
superl. Starkest.] [OE. stark stiff, strong, AS. stearc;
akin to OS. starc strong, D. sterk, OHG. starc, starah, G. &
Sw. stark, Dan. staerk, Icel. sterkr, Goth. gasta['u]rknan to
become dried up, Lith. str["e]gti to stiffen, to freeze. Cf.
Starch, a. & n.]
1. Stiff; rigid. --Chaucer.
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Whose senses all were straight benumbed and stark.
--Spenser.
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His heart gan wax as stark as marble stone.
--Spenser.
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Many a nobleman lies stark and stiff
Under the hoofs of vaunting enemies. --Shak.
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The north is not so stark and cold. --B. Jonson.
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2. Complete; absolute; full; perfect; entire. [Obs.]
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Consider the stark security
The common wealth is in now. --B. Jonson.
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3. Strong; vigorous; powerful.
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A stark, moss-trooping Scot. --Sir W.
Scott.
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Stark beer, boy, stout and strong beer. --Beau. &
Fl.
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4. Severe; violent; fierce. [Obs.] "In starke stours" [i. e.,
in fierce combats]. --Chaucer.
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5. Mere; sheer; gross; entire; downright.
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He pronounces the citation stark nonsense.
--Collier.
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Rhetoric is very good or stark naught; there's no
medium in rhetoric. --Selden.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Stark \Stark\ (st[aum]rk), adv.
Wholly; entirely; absolutely; quite; as, stark mad. --Shak.
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Held him strangled in his arms till he was stark dead.
--Fuller.
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Stark naked, wholly naked; quite bare.
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Strip your sword stark naked. --Shak.
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Note: According to Professor Skeat, "stark-naked" is derived
from steort-naked, or start-naked, literally
tail-naked, and hence wholly naked. If this etymology
be true the preferable form is stark-naked.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Stark \Stark\, v. t.
To stiffen. [R.]
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If horror have not starked your limbs. --H. Taylor.
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WordNet 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"

Moby Dictionary
Spartan , absolute , absolutely , altogether , arrant , ascetic ,
austere , bald , bare , barren , basic , blasted , bleak , blessed , blunt ,
candid , chaste , classical , clean , clear , clearly , cold , common ,
commonplace , complete , completely , confounded , consummate , crass ,
decided , definitive , depressing , desolate , direct , downright ,
drear , dreary , dry , dull , egregious , elementary , empty , entirely ,
essential , evident , flagrant , frank , fully , fundamental , glaring ,
grey , grim , gross , hard , harsh , homely , homespun , homogeneous ,
indivisible , infernal , inornate , intolerable , irreducible ,
irretrievably , irrevocably , lean , matter-of-fact , mere , monolithic ,
naked , natural , neat , nude , obvious , obviously , of a piece , open ,
out-and-out , outright , patent , perfect , perfectly , plain ,
plain-speaking , plain-spoken , plainly , plumb , positive , primary ,
profound , pronounced , proper , prosaic , prosing , prosy , pure ,
pure and simple , quite , rank , ravaged , raw , regular , right , rustic ,
severe , shattering , sheer , shocking , simon-pure , simple ,
simple-speaking , single , sober , spare , spooky , stark-naked ,
stark-staring , straightforward , stripped , superlative , surpassing ,
the veriest , thorough , thoroughgoing , total , totally , unadorned ,
unaffected , unbearable , unclad , unclothed , uncluttered ,
unconditional , unconscionable , undeniable , undifferenced ,
undifferentiated , unelaborate , unembellished , unenhanced ,
unequivocal , unfancy , unfussy , uniform , unimaginative , unmitigated ,
unornate , unpoetical , unqualified , unrelieved , unrelievedly ,
unspoiled , unvarnished , utter , utterly , vacant , vacuous , void ,
wholly

Stark, KS (city, FIPS 68025) Location: 37.68955 N, 95.14332 W Population (1990): 79 (42 housing units) Area: 0.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 66775