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1 Stark -- rank: 1000

Stark definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary STARK, a. [G., stark, stiff, strong; formed on the root of the G., stiff ... and Steer.] 1. Stiff; strong; rugged. Many a nobleman lies stark and stiff, under the hoofs of vaunting enemies. The north is not so stark and cold. 2. Deep; full; profound; absolute. He pronounces the citation stark nonsense. STARK, adv. Wholly; entirely; absolutely; as stark mad; ...

2 stark naked -- rank: 756

stark naked definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) adj 1: (used ... buff, in the raw, raw, peeled, naked as a jaybird, stark naked] Webster's 1913 Dictionary Stark Stark, adv. Wholly; entirely; absolutely; quite; as, stark mind. --Shak. Held him strangled in his arms till he was stark dead. --Fuller. Stark naked, wholly naked; quite bare. Strip ...

3 Stark effect -- rank: 662

Stark effect definitions Oxford Reference Dictionary n. Physics the splitting of ... components by the application of an electric field. Etymology: J. Stark, Ger. physicist d. 1957

4 stark raving mad -- rank: 650

stark raving mad definitions Moby Thesaurus Dionysiac, amok, bacchic, berserk, corybantic ...

5 Starker -- rank: 592

Starker definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Stark Stark, a. [Compar. Starker; superl. Starkest.] [OE. stark stiff, strong, AS. stearc; akin to OS. starc strong, D. sterk, OHG. starc, starah, G. & Sw. stark, Dan. st[ae]rk, Icel. sterkr, Goth. gasta['u]rknan ... Stiff; rigid. --Chaucer. Whose senses all were straight benumbed and stark. --Spenser. His heart gan wax as stark as marble stone. --Spenser. Many a nobleman lies stark ...

6 Starkest -- rank: 592

Starkest definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Stark Stark, a. [Compar. Starker; superl. Starkest.] [OE. stark stiff, strong, AS. stearc; akin to OS. starc strong, D. sterk, OHG. starc, starah, G. & Sw. stark, Dan. st[ae]rk, Icel. sterkr, Goth. gasta['u]rknan ... Stiff; rigid. --Chaucer. Whose senses all were straight benumbed and stark. --Spenser. His heart gan wax as stark as marble stone. --Spenser. Many a nobleman lies stark ...

7 Starch -- rank: 403

... to stiffen; akin to Old English stearc stiff — more at stark Date: 15th century to stiffen with or as if with ... ME sterche f. OE stercan (unrecorded) stiffen f. Gmc: cf. STARK Webster's 1913 Dictionary Starch Starch, a. [AS. stearc stark, strong, rough. See Stark.] Stiff; precise; rigid. [R.] --Killingbeck. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Starch ... n. [From starch stiff, cf. G. st["a]rke, fr. stark strong.] 1. (Chem.) A widely diffused vegetable substance found especially ...

8 Starkly -- rank: 403

... strongly. WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) adv 1: in a stark manner; "He was starkly unable to achieve coherence" 2: in ... manner; "in starkly realistic terms" Merriam Webster's adverb see stark I Webster's 1913 Dictionary Starkly Stark"ly, adv. In a stark manner; stiffly; strongly. Its onward force too starky pent In ... figure, bone, and lineament. --Emerson. Collin's Cobuild Dictionary see stark

9 Bare -- rank: 403

... the high Andes"; "the desolate surface of the moon"; "a stark landscape" [syn: bare, barren, bleak, desolate, stark] 9: having everything extraneous removed including contents; "the bare walls ... a plain hair style"; "unembellished white walls"; "functional architecture featuring stark unornamented concrete" [syn: plain, bare, spare, unembellished, unornamented] v 1 ... show up, simon-pure, simple, simple-speaking, single, sober, spare, stark, stark-naked, straight, straightforward, strip, strip bare, stripped, tell, threadbare, timeworn ...

10 Perfect -- rank: 360

... negligence"; "a perfect idiot"; "pure folly"; "what a sodding mess"; "stark staring mad"; "a thoroughgoing villain"; "utter nonsense"; "the unadulterated truth ... arrant, complete, consummate, double-dyed, everlasting, gross, perfect, pure, sodding, stark, staring, thoroughgoing, utter, unadulterated] 3: precisely accurate or exact; "perfect ... down, simple, sinless, skilled, sleek, slick, smooth, sound, spotless, stainless, stark, stark-staring, straight, straight-out, straight-up-and-down, sublime, suitable ...

11 Complete -- rank: 360

... negligence"; "a perfect idiot"; "pure folly"; "what a sodding mess"; "stark staring mad"; "a thoroughgoing villain"; "utter nonsense"; "the unadulterated truth ... arrant, complete, consummate, double-dyed, everlasting, gross, perfect, pure, sodding, stark, staring, thoroughgoing, utter, unadulterated] 5: having come or been brought ... settled, shattering, shocking, shoot down, shot, solid, sound, spell out, stark, stark-staring, straight, straight-out, superb, superior, superlative, surpassing, sweeping, synoptic ...

12 Utter -- rank: 360

... negligence"; "a perfect idiot"; "pure folly"; "what a sodding mess"; "stark staring mad"; "a thoroughgoing villain"; "utter nonsense"; "the unadulterated truth ... arrant, complete, consummate, double-dyed, everlasting, gross, perfect, pure, sodding, stark, staring, thoroughgoing, utter, unadulterated] 2: complete; "came to a dead ... the queer, sound, sow, sow broadcast, splay, spread, spread out, stark, stark-staring, straight, straight-out, strew, superlative, surpassing, sweeping, tell, the ...

13 Gross -- rank: 360

... negligence"; "a perfect idiot"; "pure folly"; "what a sodding mess"; "stark staring mad"; "a thoroughgoing villain"; "utter nonsense"; "the unadulterated truth ... arrant, complete, consummate, double-dyed, everlasting, gross, perfect, pure, sodding, stark, staring, thoroughgoing, utter, unadulterated] 6: conspicuously and tastelessly indecent; "coarse ... sickening, small, smutty, sordid, sottish, squalid, square, squat, squatty, stalwart, stark, stark-staring, stinking, stocky, store, stout, strapping, stupid, substantial, sum, sum ...

14 Consummate -- rank: 360

... negligence"; "a perfect idiot"; "pure folly"; "what a sodding mess"; "stark staring mad"; "a thoroughgoing villain"; "utter nonsense"; "the unadulterated truth ... arrant, complete, consummate, double-dyed, everlasting, gross, perfect, pure, sodding, stark, staring, thoroughgoing, utter, unadulterated] v 1: fulfill sexually; "consummate a ... rank, realize, refined, regular, ripe, ripened, shattering, sheer, shocking, skilled, stark, stark-staring, straight, succeed, summital, superb, superlative, supreme, surmount, surpassing, sweeping ...

15 Arrant -- rank: 360

... negligence"; "a perfect idiot"; "pure folly"; "what a sodding mess"; "stark staring mad"; "a thoroughgoing villain"; "utter nonsense"; "the unadulterated truth ... arrant, complete, consummate, double-dyed, everlasting, gross, perfect, pure, sodding, stark, staring, thoroughgoing, utter, unadulterated] Merriam Webster's adjective Etymology: alteration ... shameful, shattering, sheer, shocking, shoddy, sinful, small, sordid, squalid, staring, stark, stark-staring, sticking out, striking, superlative, surpassing, terrible, the veriest, thorough ...