adj satadj.alldevoid of any qualifications or disguise or adornmentSynset:blunt crude
Examples:- the blunt truth
- the crude facts
- facing the stark reality of the deadline
Antonyms:conditional
Derivationally Related Form:starkness
Inherited Hypernyms:blunt
Similar to:unconditional unconditioned
adj satadj.allseverely simpleSynset:austere severe stern
Antonyms:fancy
Derivationally Related Form:austerenessstarknesssternnesssevereness
Inherited Hypernyms:austere
Similar to:plain
adj satadj.allcomplete or extremeExamples:- stark poverty
- a stark contrast
Antonyms:moderate
Derivationally Related Form:starkness
Inherited Hypernyms:stark
Similar to:immoderate
adj satadj.allwithout qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiersSynset:arrant complete consummate double-dyed everlasting gross perfect pure sodding staring thorough thoroughgoing unadulterated utter
Examples:- 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 thorough nuisance
- a thoroughgoing villain
- utter nonsense
- the unadulterated truth
Antonyms:mitigated
Inherited Hypernyms:arrant
Similar to:unmitigated
adj satadj.allproviding no shelter or sustenanceSynset:bare barren bleak desolate
Examples:- bare rocky hills
- barren lands
- the bleak treeless regions of the high Andes
- the desolate surface of the moon
- a stark landscape
Antonyms:hospitable
Derivationally Related Form:starknessbleaknessbarenessbarrenbarrenness
Inherited Hypernyms:bare
Similar to:inhospitable
advadv.allcompletelyExamples:- stark mad
- mouth stark open
Inherited Hypernyms:stark