| stark | (adjective) complete or extreme | - |
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| (adjective) providing no shelter or sustenance | Synonyms: bare, barren, bleak, desolate |
| (adjective) severely simple | Synonyms: austere, severe, stern |
| (adjective) devoid of any qualifications or disguise or adornment | Synonyms: blunt, crude |
| (adjective) without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers | Synonyms: arrant, complete, consummate, double-dyed, everlasting, gross, perfect, pure, sodding, staring, thorough, thoroughgoing, unadulterated, utter |