adj.
- severe or bare in appearance.
- unpleasantly or sharply clear.
- complete; sheer:
stark terror.
- rare naked.
- archaic or literary rigid or incapable of movement.
▸physically strong.
Phrase
- stark naked
completely naked. - stark raving
(or staring)
mad
informal completely mad.
Derivative
- starkly adv.
- starkness n.
Etymology
OE stearc ‘unyielding, severe’, of Gmc origin.