You ought to face the stark reality.
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Stark
//stɑɹk//
Synonyms for "stark" (197 found)
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perfectlyplainplain spokenplain-speakingplain-spokenplainlyplumbpositivepreciousprimalprimaryprofoundpronouncedproperprosaicprosingprosypurepure and simplequite
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Adjective(9 words)
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3 entriesRelated terms
3 entriesderived
12 entriesetymologically related_to
3 entrieshas context
2 entriesrelated to
25 entriesShowing 16 of 25 words.
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8 entriesTranslations
104 translations across 19 languages.
Bulgarian
4 entries- абсолютен adj (complete, absolute, full)
- вкочанен adj ((obsolete) hard, firm; obdurate)
- гол adj (hard in appearance; barren, desolate)
- пуст adj (hard in appearance; barren, desolate)
Catalan
1 entries- aspre adj (hard in appearance; barren, desolate)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 完全的 adj (complete, absolute, full)
Czech
4 entries- bouřlivý adj (severe; violent; fierce (now usually in describing the weather))
- krutý adj (severe; violent; fierce (now usually in describing the weather))
- mocný adj ((archaic) strong; vigorous; powerful)
- naprostý adj (complete, absolute, full)
Danish
1 entries- stærk adj ((archaic) strong; vigorous; powerful)
Dutch
1 entries- sterk adj ((archaic) strong; vigorous; powerful)
Esperanto
2 entries- absoluta adj (complete, absolute, full)
- kruda adj (hard in appearance; barren, desolate)
Faroese
1 entries- sterkur adj ((archaic) strong; vigorous; powerful)
Finnish
4 entries- ankara adj (severe; violent; fierce (now usually in describing the weather))
- jäykkä adj (stiff, rigid)
- kankea adj (stiff, rigid)
- karu adj (severe; violent; fierce (now usually in describing the weather))
French
1 entries- tout adv (starkly; entirely, absolutely)
German
4 entries- fest adj (stiff, rigid)
- ganz adj (complete, absolute, full)
- gewaltig adj (severe; violent; fierce (now usually in describing the weather))
- hart adj (stiff, rigid)
Italian
4 entries- aspro adj (hard in appearance; barren, desolate)
- assoluto adj (complete, absolute, full)
- bell'e buono adj (complete, absolute, full)
- completo adj (complete, absolute, full)
Norwegian
1 entries- sterk adj (severe; violent; fierce (now usually in describing the weather))
Occitan
3 entries- dur adj ((obsolete) hard, firm; obdurate)
- poderós adj ((archaic) strong; vigorous; powerful)
- vigorós adj ((archaic) strong; vigorous; powerful)
Polish
3 entries- gwałtowny adj (severe; violent; fierce (now usually in describing the weather))
- sztywny adj ((obsolete) hard, firm; obdurate)
- twardy adj ((obsolete) hard, firm; obdurate)
Portuguese
2 entries- duradouro adj ((archaic) strong; vigorous; powerful)
- vigoroso adj ((archaic) strong; vigorous; powerful)
Romanian
4 entries- absolut adj (complete, absolute, full)
- aspru adj (hard in appearance; barren, desolate)
- crud adj ((obsolete) hard, firm; obdurate)
- dezolant adj (hard in appearance; barren, desolate)
Slovak
1 entries- silný adj ((archaic) strong; vigorous; powerful)
Spanish
4 entries- absoluto adj (complete, absolute, full)
- completo adj (complete, absolute, full)
- crudo adj (severe; violent; fierce (now usually in describing the weather))
- descarnado adj (hard in appearance; barren, desolate)
Sample sentences
30 total sentences available.
My little brother ran through the living room stark naked.
Source: tatoeba (706772)
She went stark raving mad after learning of her brother's suicide.
Source: tatoeba (1110098)
Tom is stark naked.
Source: tatoeba (1486361)
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