Adjective
1. devoid of any qualifications or disguise or adornment;
"the blunt truth""the crude facts""facing the stark reality of the deadline"2. severely simple;
"a stark interior"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"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"