stark

stark is a 5-letter English word with 13 senses as noun, adverb, transitive verb, and adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Stiff; rigid. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

5 letters · Scrabble 9 · Words With Friends 9 · 13 senses

Definitions

1. noun. Stiff; rigid.
2. noun. Complete; absolute; full; perfect; entire.
3. noun. Strong; vigorous; powerful.
4. noun. Severe; violent; fierce.
5. noun. Mere; sheer; gross; entire; downright.
6. adverb. Wholly; entirely; absolutely; quite; as, stark mind.
7. transitive verb. To stiffen.
8. adjective. devoid of any qualifications or disguise or adornment

   "the blunt truth"

   "the crude facts"

   Synonyms: blunt, crude

9. adjective. providing no shelter or sustenance

   "bare rocky hills"

   "barren lands"

   Synonyms: bare, barren, bleak, desolate

10. adjective. without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers

    "an arrant fool"

    "a complete coward"

    Synonyms: arrant, complete, consummate, everlasting, gross, perfect, pure, sodding, staring, thoroughgoing, unadulterated, utter

11. adjective. complete or extreme

    "stark poverty"

    "a stark contrast"

12. adjective. severely simple

    "a stark interior"

    Synonyms: austere, severe, stern

13. adverb. completely

    "stark mad"

    "mouth stark open"

Synonyms

blunt, crude, bare, barren, bleak, desolate, arrant, complete, consummate, everlasting, gross, perfect, pure, sodding, staring, thoroughgoing, unadulterated, utter, austere, severe, stern

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in stark:

karst, karts, skart

Common word forms

starken, starker, starkly, starkest, starkness

Words from these letters

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