<p><strong>Adjective</strong></p><ul><li>sheer, utter, downright, or complete: This plan is stark madness!</li><li>harsh, grim, or desolate, as a view, place, etc.: Her photos capture the stark desert landscape.</li><li>extremely simple or severe: With its stark interior and rough ride, the car scores low in our luxury car ranking.</li><li>bluntly or sternly plain; not softened or glamorized: He panicked suddenly at the stark reality of the approaching deadline.</li><li>distinct, sharp, or vivid: The thriving community gardens stood in stark contrast to vacant land and abandoned buildings.</li><li>stiff or rigid in substance, muscles, etc.: rigid in death.</li><li>Archaic: strong; powerful; massive or robust.</li></ul><p><strong>Adverb</strong></p><ul><li>utterly, absolutely, or quite: stark mad.</li><li>Chiefly Scot. and North England: in a stark manner; stoutly or vigorously.</li></ul><p><strong>End of Response</strong></p>