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1 stark
adj. fullständig--------adv. helt och hållet, alldeles, fullständigt* * *(bare, harsh or simple in a severe way: a stark, rocky landscape.) karg- stark naked -
2 stark crazy/mad
(completely mad.) fullständigt galen
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stark — [stärk] adj. [ME starc < OE stearc: see STARE] 1. a) stiff or rigid, as a corpse b) rigorous; harsh; severe [stark discipline] 2. sharply outlined or prominent [one stark tree] 3. bl … English World dictionary
Stark — (st[aum]rk), adv. Wholly; entirely; absolutely; quite; as, stark mad. Shak. [1913 Webster] Held him strangled in his arms till he was stark dead. Fuller. [1913 Webster] {Stark naked}, wholly naked; quite bare. [1913 Webster] Strip your sword… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Stark naked — Stark Stark (st[aum]rk), adv. Wholly; entirely; absolutely; quite; as, stark mad. Shak. [1913 Webster] Held him strangled in his arms till he was stark dead. Fuller. [1913 Webster] {Stark naked}, wholly naked; quite bare. [1913 Webster] Strip… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
mad — Synonyms and related words: Dionysiac, a transient madness, abandoned, abnormal, absurd, accident prone, acrimonious, affronted, amok, anarchic, anger, angered, angriness, angry, apish, ardent, ardently, asinine, avid, bacchic, balmy, bananas,… … Moby Thesaurus
stark — /stak / (say stahk) adjective 1. sheer, utter, downright, or arrant: stark lunacy. 2. absolutely naked. 3. stiff or rigid in substance, muscles, etc. 4. rigid in death. 5. harsh, grim, or desolate: *She saw it with the stark, mad clarity which… …
stark — 01. The landscape of Newfoundland is said to be [stark], but beautiful. 02. The room was [stark], with no furniture and bare white walls. 03. Their apartment is [starkly] furnished; all they have is a table and a couple of chairs, and a mattress… … Grammatical examples in English
stark — I. adjective Etymology: Middle English, stiff, strong, from Old English stearc; akin to Old High German starc strong, Lithuanian starinti to stiffen more at stare Date: before 12th century 1. a. rigid in or as if in death b. rigidly conforming… … New Collegiate Dictionary
stark — [[t]stɑrk[/t]] adj. er, est, adv. 1) sheer, utter, downright, or complete: stark madness[/ex] 2) harsh, grim, or desolate, as a view or place 3) extremely simple or severe: a stark interior[/ex] 4) cvb bluntly or sternly plain: the stark reality… … From formal English to slang
stark — starkly, adv. starkness, n. /stahrk/, adj., starker, starkest, adv. adj. 1. sheer, utter, downright, or complete: stark madness. 2. harsh, grim, or desolate, as a view, place, etc.: a stark landscape. 3. extremely simple or severe: a stark… … Universalium
stark — adj. & adv. adj. 1 desolate, bare (a stark landscape). 2 sharply evident (in stark contrast). 3 downright, sheer (stark madness). 4 completely naked. 5 archaic strong, stiff, rigid. adv. completely, wholly (stark mad; stark naked). Derivatives:… … Useful english dictionary
stark — 1) stiff, or strongly; as, stark mad, stark nought. C. From the German STARR, strong. 2) stiff, weary ; ab A. S. STERC, STRAOE, rigidus, durus ; Belg. & Dan. STERCK ; Teut. STARCK, validus, robustus, firmus. Vide Skinner. 3) stiff, from too… … A glossary of provincial and local words used in England