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StarkAdjective1. Devoid of any qualifications or disguise or adornment; "the blunt truth"; "the crude facts"; "facing the stark reality of the deadline". 2. Severely simple; "a stark interior". 3. Complete or extreme; "stark poverty"; "a stark contrast". 4. Without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers; "an arrant fool"; "a complete coward"; "a consummate fool"; "a double-dyed villain"; "gross negligence"; "a perfect idiot"; "pure folly"; "what a sodding mess"; "stark staring mad"; "a thoroughgoing villain"; "utter nonsense". 5. Providing no shelter or sustenance; "bare rocky hills"; "barren lands"; "the bleak treeless regions of the high Andes"; "the desolate surface of the moon"; "a stark landscape". Adverb1. Completely; "stark mad"; "mouth stark open". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "stark" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1200. (references) |
Note: Stark \Stark\, adjective. [Comparative Starker; superlative Starkest.]. (references) |
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John Stark (August 28, 1728 - May 8, 1822) was a general who served in the American Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War.
John Stark was born in Londonderry, New Hampshire in 1728. When he was eight years old, he and his family moved to Derryfield (now part of Manchester), where he lived for the rest of his long life.
Stark enlisted as a second lieutenant under Major Robert Rogers during the French and Indian War. As part of the daring Rogers' Rangers, Stark gained valuable battle experience and knowledge of the Northern frontier of the American colonies. At the end of the war, Stark retired as a captain and returned to Derryfield.
The Battle of Lexington and Concord on April 15, 1775 signalled the start of the American Revolutionary War, and Stark returned to military service. On April 23rd, 1775, Stark accepted a Colonelcy in the New Hampshire Militia and was given command of the First New Hampshire Regiment. As soon as Stark could muster his men, he ferried and marched them south to Boston to support the blockaded rebels there.
On June 16th, the rebels, fearing a preemptive British attack on their positions in Cambridge and Roxbury, decided to take and hold the high ground surrounding the city, including Dorchester Heights, Bunker Hill, and Breed's Hill. Holding these positions would allow the rebels to oppose any British landing (at the time, Boston proper was almost an island and the British soldiers garrisoned there would have to travel by sea to attack the outlying towns). The positions could also be used to emplace cannon which could threaten the British ships blockading the harbor (although no cannon were available to the rebels at this time).
When the British awoke on June 17th to find hastily constructed fortifications on Breed's Hill, British Gen. Thomas Gage knew that he would have to drive the rebels out before fortifications were complete. He ordered the HMS Lively, a 38-gun frigate, to begin shelling the rebel positions immediately and ordered Major General William Howe to prepare to land his troops. Thus began the Battle of Bunker Hill (which should have been called the battle of Breed's Hill). American Colonel William Prescott held the hill throughout the intense initial bombardment with only a few hundred untrained American militia. Prescott knew that he was sorely outgunned and outnumbered. He sent a desperate request for reinforcements.
Stark and his New Hampshire minutemen arrived at the scene soon after Prescott's request. The Lively had begun a rain of accurate artillery fire directed at Charlestown Neck, the narrow strip of land connecting Charlestown to the rebel positions. On the Charlestown side, several companies from other regiments were milling around in disarray, afraid to march into range of the artillery fire. Stark ordered the men to stand aside and calmly marched his men to Prescott's positions without taking any casualties.
When the New Hampshire militia arrived, the grateful Colonel Prescott allowed Stark to deploy his men where he saw fit. Stark surveyed the ground and immediately saw that the British would probably try to flank the rebels by landing on the beach of the Mystic River, below and to the left of Breed's Hill. Stark led his men to the low ground between Mystic Beach and the hill and ordered them to "fortify" a two-rail fence by stuffing straw and grass between the rails. They extended the fence by throwing up a crude stone wall. After this fortification was hastily constructed, Stark deployed his men 3-deep behind the wall. A large contingent of British with the Royal Welch Fusiliers in the lead advanced towards the fortifications. The Minutemen crouched and waited until the advancing British were almost on top of them, and then stood up and fired as one. They unleashed a fierce and unexpected volley directly into the faces of the fusiliers, killing 90 in the blink of an eye and breaking their advance. The fusiliers retreated in panic. A charge of British infantry was next, climbing over their dead comrades to test Stark's line—this charge too was decimated by a withering fusillade by the Minutemen. A third charge was repulsed in a similar fashion, again with heavy losses to the British. The British officers wisely withdrew their men from that landing point and decided to land elsewhere, with the support of artillery.
Later in the battle, as the rebels were forced from the hill, Stark directed the New Hampshire regiment's fire to provide cover for Colonel Prescott's retreating troops.
While the British did eventually take the hill that day, their losses were so great (especially among the officers) that they could not hold the positions. This allowed General George Washington, who arrived in Boston two weeks after the battle, to place his cannon on Bunker Hill and Dorchester Heights. This placement threatened the British fleet in Boston Harbor and forced General Gage to withdraw all his forces from the Boston garrison and sail south.
As Washington prepared to return south to fight the British there, he knew that he desperately needed experienced men like John Stark to command regiments in the Continental Army. Washington immediately offered Stark a command in the Continental Army. Stark and his New Hampshire regiment agreed to attach themselves temporarily to the Continental Army. Stark and his men traveled to the New Jersey colony with Washington and fought bravely in the battles of Princeton and Trenton.
After Trenton, Washington asked Stark to return to New Hampshire to recruit more men for the Continental Army. Stark agreed, but upon returning home, he learned that while he was fighting in New Jersey, a fellow New Hampshire Colonel named Enoch Poor had been promoted to Brigadier General in the Continental Army. In Stark's opinion, Enoch Poor had refused to march his militia regiment to Bunker Hill to join the battle, instead choosing to keep his regiment at home. Stark, an experienced woodsman and a fighting commander, had been passed over by someone with no experience and apparently no will to fight. On March 23rd, 1777, Stark resigned his commission in disgust, although he pledged his aid to New Hampshire should it be needed.
Four months later, Stark was offered a commission as Brigadier General of the New Hampshire militia. He accepted on the strict condition that he would not be answerable to Continental Army authority. Soon after receiving his commission, he was ordered by Brigadier General Philip Schuyler to depart from Charlestown, New Hampshire to reinforce the Continental army at Saratoga, New York. Stark refused and instead led his men to meet the British at the Battle of Bennington. Before engaging the British and Hessian troops, Stark prepared his men to fight to the death, shouting There are your enemies, the Red Coats and the Tories. They are ours or this night Molly Stark sleeps a widow!
Stark's men, with some help from the Vermont militia, routed the British forces there and prevented British General John Burgoyne from resupplying. Stark's action contributed directly to the surrender of Burgoyne's northern army at the Battle of Saratoga some months later. This battle is seen as the turning point in the Revolutionary War, as it was the first major defeat of a British general and it convinced the French that the Americans were worthy of military aid.
Stark became widely known as the "Hero of Bennington." After serving with distinction throughout the rest of the war, Stark retired to his farm in Derryfield. It has been said that of all the Revolutionary War Generals, Stark was the only true Cincinnatus because he truly retired from public life at the end of the war. In 1809, a group of Bennington veterans gathered to commemorate the battle. General Stark, then aged 81, was not well enough to travel, but he sent a letter to his comrades, which closed "Live free or die. Death is not the worst of evils." The motto Live Free or Die became the New Hampshire state motto in 1945.
See also
Statue of John Stark at the Capitol
Many places in the United States were named after John Stark and his wife Molly. Among them are:
- Battle of Bemis Heights
- Battle of Bennington
- Battle of Bunker Hill
- Battle of Princeton
- Battle of Trenton
- New Hampshire
- Rogers' Rangers
- Fort Stark, New Hampshire
- Stark County, Illinois
- Stark County, Ohio
- Starke County, Indiana
- Starkville, Mississippi
- Stark, New York
- Molly Stark State Park, Vermont
Primary sources
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- Reminiscences of the French War; containing Rogers' Expeditions with the New-England Rangers under his command, as published in London in 1765; with notes and illustrations. : To which is added an account of the life and military services of Maj. Gen. John Stark; with notices and anecdotes of other officers distinguished in the French and Revolutionary wars. -- Concord, N.H. : Published by Luther Roby., 1831. A copy can be found in the collections of the American Antiquarian Society in Worcester, Massachusetts.
- Reminiscences of the French War with Robert Rogers' journal and a memoir of General Stark. Freedom, N.H. : Freedom Historical Society, 1988. OCLC number: ocm18143265. A copy can be found in the Boston Public Library.
- Gen. John Stark's home farm : a paper read before the Manchester Historic Association October 7, 1903; by Roland Rowell. A copy can be found in the Boston Public Library.
- Major General John Stark, hero of Bunker Hill and Bennington, 1728-1822; by Leon W. Anderson. [n.p.] Evans Print. Co., c1972. OCLC number: ocm00709356. A copy can be found in the Boston Public Library.
- Memoir and official correspondence of Gen. John Stark, with notices of several other officers of the Revolution. Also a biography of Capt. Phine[h]as Stevens and of Col. Robert Rogers, with an account of his services in America during the "Seven Years' War." With a new introd. and pref. by George Athan Billias; by Stark, Caleb, 1804-1864. pub. Boston, Gregg Press, 1972 [c1860].
Secondary References
- John Stark, Freedom Fighter; by Robert P. Richmond. Waterbury, Conn. : Dale Books, 1976. (Juvenile literature). A copy can be found in the Boston Public Library.
- Patriots: the men who started the American Revolution; by A.J. Langguth. New York, Simon & Schuster, 1988. ISBN 0671675621.
- A New Age Now Begins: A People's History of the American Revolution; by Page Smith. Vols I and II of VIII. (Note: vol. II contains the index for both vol. I and vol. II). ISBN 0070590974
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Stark County is a county located in the U.S. State of Ohio. As of 2000, the population is 378,098. Its county seat is Canton6.Geography
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 1,505 km² (581 mi²). 1,492 km² (576 mi²) of it is land and 12 km² (5 mi²) of it is water. The total area is 0.82% water.History
Stark County was named in honor of American Revolutionary War General John Stark.Demographics
As of the census2 of 2000, there are 378,098 people, 148,316 households, and 102,782 families residing in the county. The population density is 253/km² (656/mi²). There are 157,024 housing units at an average density of 105/km² (272/mi²). The racial makeup of the county is 90.28% White, 7.20% Black or African American, 0.24% Native American, 0.54% Asian, 0.02% Pacific Islander, 0.29% from other races, and 1.43% from two or more races. 0.92% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 148,316 households out of which 31.00% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 54.20% are married couples living together, 11.50% have a female householder with no husband present, and 30.70% are non-families. 26.10% of all households are made up of individuals and 10.90% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.49 and the average family size is 3.00. In the county, the population is spread out with 24.80% under the age of 18, 8.30% from 18 to 24, 27.80% from 25 to 44, 24.00% from 45 to 64, and 15.10% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 38 years. For every 100 females there are 92.40 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 88.40 males. The median income for a household in the county is $39,824, and the median income for a family is $47,747. Males have a median income of $37,065 versus $23,875 for females. The per capita income for the county is $20,417. 9.20% of the population and 6.80% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 12.90% are under the age of 18 and 6.60% are 65 or older.Cities and towns
*Beach City
*Brewster
*Canal Fulton
*Canton
*East Canton
*East Sparta
*Greentown
*Hartville
*Hills and Dales
*Limaville
*Louisville
*Massillon
*Meyers Lake
*Navarre
*North Canton
*Perry Heights
*Uniontown
*Waynesburg
*WilmotSource: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Stark County, Ohio."
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Stark is a city located in Neosho County, Kansas. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 106.Geography
Stark is located at 37°41'23" North, 95°8'37" West (37.689592, -95.143573)1. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 0.4 km² (0.2 mi²). 0.4 km² (0.2 mi²) of it is land and none of it is covered by water.Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there are 106 people, 42 households, and 27 families residing in the city. The population density is 240.7/km² (609.0/mi²). There are 47 housing units at an average density of 106.7/km² (270.0/mi²). The racial makeup of the city is 99.06% White, 0.00% African American, 0.94% Native American, 0.00% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 0.00% from other races, and 0.00% from two or more races. 0.00% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 42 households out of which 28.6% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 45.2% are married couples living together, 11.9% have a female householder with no husband present, and 35.7% are non-families. 33.3% of all households are made up of individuals and 16.7% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.52 and the average family size is 3.30. In the city the population is spread out with 33.0% under the age of 18, 7.5% from 18 to 24, 28.3% from 25 to 44, 19.8% from 45 to 64, and 11.3% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 34 years. For every 100 females there are 112.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 97.2 males. The median income for a household in the city is $27,500, and the median income for a family is $27,083. Males have a median income of $15,833 versus $15,625 for females. The per capita income for the city is $11,728. 17.2% of the population and 16.1% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 25.9% are under the age of 18 and 0.0% are 65 or older.Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Stark, Kansas."
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Stark is a town located in Coos County, New Hampshire. As of the 2000 census, the town had a total population of 516.Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 154.4 km² (59.6 mi²). 153.1 km² (59.1 mi²) of it is land and 1.3 km² (0.5 mi²) of it is water. The total area is 0.84% water.Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there are 516 people, 194 households, and 147 families residing in the town. The population density is 3.4/km² (8.7/mi²). There are 384 housing units at an average density of 2.5/km² (6.5/mi²). The racial makeup of the town is 97.48% White, 0.00% African American, 0.00% Native American, 1.36% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 0.19% from other races, and 0.97% from two or more races. 0.39% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 194 households out of which 33.0% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 61.3% are married couples living together, 6.7% have a female householder with no husband present, and 24.2% are non-families. 17.5% of all households are made up of individuals and 7.7% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.65 and the average family size is 2.99. In the town the population is spread out with 26.6% under the age of 18, 5.8% from 18 to 24, 28.5% from 25 to 44, 26.2% from 45 to 64, and 13.0% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 40 years. For every 100 females there are 99.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 100.5 males. The median income for a household in the town is $37,946, and the median income for a family is $40,089. Males have a median income of $35,833 versus $24,750 for females. The per capita income for the town is $17,168. 5.1% of the population and 2.5% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 0.0% are under the age of 18 and 6.2% are 65 or older.Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Stark, New Hampshire."
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Stark is a town located in Herkimer County, New York. As of the 2000 census, the town had a total population of 767.Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 81.6 km² (31.5 mi²). 81.6 km² (31.5 mi²) of it is land and 0.03% is water.Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there are 767 people, 286 households, and 215 families residing in the town. The population density is 9.4/km² (24.3/mi²). There are 334 housing units at an average density of 4.1/km² (10.6/mi²). The racial makeup of the town is 99.09% White, 0.39% African American, 0.00% Native American, 0.00% Asian, 0.39% Pacific Islander, 0.00% from other races, and 0.13% from two or more races. 0.26% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 286 households out of which 36.0% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 61.2% are married couples living together, 8.4% have a female householder with no husband present, and 24.8% are non-families. 20.6% of all households are made up of individuals and 11.9% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.68 and the average family size is 3.13. In the town the population is spread out with 29.2% under the age of 18, 5.5% from 18 to 24, 27.0% from 25 to 44, 23.1% from 45 to 64, and 15.3% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 37 years. For every 100 females there are 110.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 106.5 males. The median income for a household in the town is $31,518, and the median income for a family is $34,545. Males have a median income of $27,813 versus $21,042 for females. The per capita income for the town is $14,128. 19.9% of the population and 14.1% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 33.3% are under the age of 18 and 10.8% are 65 or older.Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Stark, New York."
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Stark is a town located in Vernon County, Wisconsin. As of the 2000 census, the town had a total population of 349.Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 89.2 km² (34.4 mi²). 89.1 km² (34.4 mi²) of it is land and 0.03% is water.Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there are 349 people, 138 households, and 100 families residing in the town. The population density is 3.9/km² (10.1/mi²). There are 198 housing units at an average density of 2.2/km² (5.8/mi²). The racial makeup of the town is 99.14% White, 0.00% African American, 0.00% Native American, 0.00% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 0.86% from other races, and 0.00% from two or more races. 0.57% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 138 households out of which 26.1% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 67.4% are married couples living together, 3.6% have a female householder with no husband present, and 27.5% are non-families. 22.5% of all households are made up of individuals and 9.4% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.53 and the average family size is 2.96. In the town the population is spread out with 24.1% under the age of 18, 6.3% from 18 to 24, 19.5% from 25 to 44, 36.7% from 45 to 64, and 13.5% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 45 years. For every 100 females there are 105.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 115.4 males. The median income for a household in the town is $44,167, and the median income for a family is $48,393. Males have a median income of $27,250 versus $23,750 for females. The per capita income for the town is $17,966. 20.1% of the population and 18.7% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 40.0% are under the age of 18 and 23.8% are 65 or older.Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Stark, Wisconsin."
Synonyms: StarkSynonyms: arrant(a) (adj), austere (adj), bare (adj), barren (adj), bleak (adj), blunt (adj), complete(a) (adj), consummate(a) (adj), crude(a) (adj), desolate (adj), double-dyed(a) (adj), everlasting(a) (adj), gross(a) (adj), perfect(a) (adj), pure(a) (adj), severe (adj), sodding(a) (adj), staring(a) (adj), stark(a) (adj), thoroughgoing(a) (adj), utter(a) (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Completeness | Adverb: completely; Adjective: altogether, outright, wholly, totally, in toto, quite; all out; over head and ears; effectually, for good and all, nicely, fully, through thick and thin, head and shoulders; neck and heel, neck and crop; in all respects, in every respect; at all points, out and out, to all intents and purposes; toto coelo; utterly; clean, clean as a whistle; to the full, to the utmost, to the backbone; hollow, stark; heart and soul, root and branch, down to the ground. |
Divestment | In a state of nature, in nature's garb, in the buff, in native buff, in birthday suit; in puris naturalibus; with nothing on, stark naked, stark raving naked; bald as a coot, bare as the back of one's hand; out at elbows; barefoot; bareback, barebacked; leafless, napless, hairless. |
Greatness | Goodly, noble, precious, mighty; sad, grave, heavy, serious; far gone, arrant, downright; utter, uttermost; crass, gross, arch, profound, intense, consummate; rank, uninitiated, red-hot, desperate; glaring, flagrant, stark staring; thorough-paced, thoroughgoing; roaring, thumping; extraordinary.; important; unsurpassed; (supreme); complete. august, grand, dignified, sublime, majestic; (repute). |
Absolute, positive, stark, decided, unequivocal, essential, perfect, finished. | |
Hardness | Adjective: hard, rigid, stubborn, stiff, firm; starch, starched; stark, unbending, unlimber, unyielding; inflexible, tense; indurate, indurated; gritty, proof. |
Insanity | Maniacal; delirious, lightheaded, incoherent, rambling, doting, wandering; frantic, raving, stark staring mad, stark raving mad, wild-eyed, berserk; delusional, hallucinatory. |
Manifestation | Flagrant; notorious; (public); arrant; stark staring; unshaded, glaring. |
Smallness | Mere, simple, sheer, stark, bare; near run. |
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Crosswords: Stark |
| English words defined with "stark": austere ♦ bare, barren, bleak, blunt ♦ crude ♦ desolate ♦ plain ♦ raw beauty ♦ severe, stark naked, starkers, starkly ♦ unembellished, unornamented. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "stark": BIRTH-DAY SUIT ♦ Church of the SubGenius, cyclotron radiation ♦ line width ♦ MAC-360 ♦ Wet Finger. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Stark" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. German (a lot, able, bad, badly, bright, brightly, broad, considerable, forceful, great, greatly, grossly, hard, hearty, heavily, heavy, high-powered, intense, keen, keenly, large, loud, marked, mighty, potent, potently, powerful, profound, profuse, profusely, racily, racy, really well, robust, severe, severely, stiff, stout, strong, strongly, substantial, thick, tough, vehement, very, vigorous, violent, virulent, vivid, wild), Manx (inflexible, starch, stiff), Swedish (able bodied, able-bodied, emphatic, forcible, hot, intense, keen, loud, lusty, poignant, potent, powerful, sharp, sinewy, strong, substantial, tough, vigorous, violent). |
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Screenplays | Listen, there's a bunch of people from the cemetary who are stark, staring, mad, and they'll kill you and eat you if they catch you. It's like a disease (The Return of the Living Dead; writing credit: Dan O'Bannon; Rudy Ricci) He'll terminate you, Stark, Rygel, Aeryn (Farscape; writing credit: Olivier Cauvin) Stark raving sane (Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead; writing credit: Tom Stoppard;) | |
Lyrics | The amusement park rises bold and stark ("Born to Run"; performing artist: Bruce Springsteen) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Stark Fear (1961) | |
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 | Division of pharmacology, NIH around 1938. Front (l-r): H. Kahler, J. Johnson, M. Smith, C. Voegtlin, W. Earle, M. Maver and H. Bauer. Second: T. Stark, J. Thompson, E. Emmart, M. Farrell, K. Harlow, O. Marshino, Rosen, and C. Wright. Third: C. Doane, R. Boltz, Springstern, M. Feeser, W. Pitkerton, E. Schilling, R. Bishop, M. Goldberg, G. Jarrels and Collison. Fourth: T. Hawkley, S. Rosenthal, R. Holbrook, R. Spencer, E. Davis, B. Westfall, F. Deeds. Credit: Unknown photographer/artist. |  | Thermometers and barometer in: Beschreibung der meteorologischen Instrumente... . by Augustin Stark, published in 1815. Library Call Number QC876 .S72 1815. Credit: Treasures of the Library. |
 | Manometers, instruments for measuring pressure differences. In: Beschreibung der meteorologischen Instrumente.... by Augustin Stark, published in 1815. Library Call Number QC876 .S72 1815. Credit: Treasures of the Library. |  | A stark difference in grazing methods and rangeland management can be seen in this fenceline contrast. Credit: Don Schuhart. |
 | U.S. Army, Stark General Hospital, Charleston, SC : Physical therapist aide bandages a soldier's stump. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |  | Confers with Admiral James O. Richardson (right), Commander in Chief, U.S. Fleet, in the Secretary's Office, Washington, D.C., on 10 October 1940. Also present are Admiral Harry E. Yarnell, USN(Retired) (left) and Admiral Harold R. Stark, Chief of Naval Operations. Admiral Richardson was in Washington to protest the continued basing of the U.S. Fleet at Pearl Harbor. Credit: NAVY. |
 | Photographed in his office, reading the "Annual Report of the Secretary of the Navy" for Fiscal Year 1938. The photograph may have been taken on 1 August 1939, as Admiral Stark is wearing the same suit and tie as when he took the Oath of Office as Chief of Naval Operations on that date. See Photo # NH 57314. Credit: NAVY. |  | Dolly Stark. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Now a world of stark reality!. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | An der griechischen Front wurde die stark befestigte Metazas-Linie durchbrochen und ... "Festungsberg" ... Credit: Library of Congress. |
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Freya Stark | We love those people who give with humility, or who accept with ease. |
Fyodor Dostoevski | Deprived of meaningful work, men and women lose their reason for existence; they go stark, raving mad. |
Michel Eyquem de Montaigne | Man is certainly stark mad; he cannot make a worm, and yet he will be making gods by dozens. |
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Gulliver's Travels | Swift, Jonathan | He consented, and I immediately stripped myself stark naked, and went down softly into the stream |
Walden | Thoreau, Henry David | They represent the stark twilight and unsatisfied thoughts which all have |
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Economic History | Chile | Chile features low investment in training for its labor force; the average training hours per year per worker is 32, a stark contrast to the 44 hour of training received by Columbian employers. (references) |
Korea | This economic slowdown is in stark contrast to the 18 months of a sharp economic rebound from the 1997-98 financial crisis that Korea enjoyed from January 1999 to July 2000. Despite some recent signs of more economic vitality resulting from Korean government's economic stimulus efforts and the recovery of domestic demand, the future prospects for the economy are still uncertain due to incomplete restructuring and a weakening external environment, including slower U.S. economic growth. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Stark" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 71.51% of the time. "Stark" is used about 715 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 71.51% | 511 | 11,859 |
| Noun (proper) | 26.82% | 192 | 22,147 |
| Adverb (general) | 1.68% | 12 | 101,599 |
| Total | 100.00% | 715 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "stark" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Stark | Last name | 14,000 | 858 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
1. Stark, KS (city, FIPS 68025) |
Expressions using "stark": Stark City ♦ Stark County ♦ stark crazy ♦ stark fool ♦ stark mad ♦ stark naked ♦ stark nonsense ♦ stark raving mad ♦ stark staring mad ♦ stark truth ♦ the stark truth. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "stark": stark-naked, stark-staring. | |
Ending with "stark": over-stark. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
melissa stark | 265 | brian stark | 30 |
stark | 216 | county sheriff stark | 28 |
auditor county stark | 175 | stark stark | 26 |
stark county ohio | 140 | uss stark | 26 |
stark county | 107 | philippe stark | 26 |
stark realty | 104 | stark bros | 25 |
law stark | 86 | stark realtor | 25 |
college stark state | 85 | stark county humane society | 24 |
county court stark | 72 | common county court plea stark | 23 |
brian christopher stark | 71 | stark real estate | 23 |
clerk county court stark | 64 | county district library stark | 22 |
county recorder stark | 59 | stark brother nursery | 21 |
stark brother | 54 | stark county school | 21 |
koo stark | 50 | kent stark state | 21 |
stark state | 46 | county court probate stark | 20 |
phillipe stark | 45 | college stark state technology | 20 |
janus stark | 43 | investment stark | 18 |
stark raving mad | 34 | stark reality | 18 |
county library stark | 32 | stark naked | 17 |
stark carpet | 32 | kent stark | 17 |
stark nursery | 17 | ||
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "stark"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | plotësisht (absolutely, all, at large, clear, cold, completely, dead, diametrically, entirely, fully, heartily, hollow, large, neck and crop, out and out, outright, perfectly, plain, plenty, Plumb, properly, quite, sheer, sound, thoroughly, through and through, throughly, to the full extent, to the ground, totally, up, up to the hilt, utterly, well, wholly, wide, widely), i zymtë (black, cheerless, crepuscular, dark, depressed, dismal, dour, drab, dreary, eerie, funeral, funereal, gloomy, glum, grim, heavy, leaden, macabre, mirk, mirthless, morose, mournful, muddy, murk, sad, sepulchral, somber, sombre, spleenful, sulky, sullen, surly, tenebrous, winterly, wintry), i ngurtë (firm, obdurate, rigid, solid, stiff, straitlaced, wooden). (various references) | |
Arabic | كامل (absolute, all out, complete, completed, concluded, consummate, entire, essential, finalized, finished, full, full blown, full scale, integral, integrate, out and out, outright, perfect, plenary, plumb, rounded off, thorough, thoroughgoing, total, unqualified, utter, whole), مطلق (absolute, categorical, complete, downright, free, full, infinite, liberator, outright, perfect, plenary, ultimate, unbounded, unconditional, uncontrolled, unlimited, unqualified, unrestrained, unrestricted, utter), قاس (austere, callous, concrete, cruel, cutthroat, drastic, firm, gauge, hard, hard-hearted, harsh, inclement, inflexible, measure, merciless, pitiless, relentless, rigid, rigorous, rough, rugged, ruthless, scale, severe, solid, standardize, stern, stiff, strict, stringent, tape, tough, try on, unfeeling, unkind, unyielding), تماما (all, all right, alright, altogether, completely, decidedly, diametrically, enough, entirely, exactly, fairly, fully, in full, just, ok, okay, okey, perfectly, plumb, precisely, properly, quite, quite so, right, sharp, simply, smack, so far so good, stock, thoroughly, through and through, totally, utterly, very, well, wholly, wide), صلب (adamant, aguish, callosity, callous, cast iron, concrete, consolidate, corneous, cross oneself, crucifixion, crucify, cruel, firm, harden, horny, inflexible, loin, metallic, out and out, persistent, ramrod, resistant, rigid, robust, sear, solid, solidary, stabile, stiff, stiffen, stubborn, temper, tenacious, tough, unkind, unyielding), صاف (bright, clear, fair, fine, lucid, net, pellucid, perspicuous, placid, pure, puristic, raw, round, serene, sincere, unclouded), صارم (astringent, austere, disciplinary, dour, driving, exact, extreme, fast, firm, hard, hard and fast, hardheaded, inclement, puritan, ramrod, rigid, rigorous, rugged, searching, severe, sharp, stern, stiff, strait, strict, stringent, swingeing, tight, tough, unrelenting, violent), بكل معنى الكلمة (completely, purely, through and through). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | съвършено (absolutely, completely, ideally, out and out, perfectly, quite, to perfection, utterly), скован (angular, benumbed, constrained, inelastic, rigid, starch, starchy, stiff), силен (acute, athletic, beefy, emphatic, energetic, flush, forceful, forcible, foul-mouthed, full, generous, hard, heavy, high, intense, invulnerable, iron, loud, lusty, main, male, mighty, muscled, muscular, nappy, nervous, nervy, perishing, pithy, potent, powerful, rattling, robust, short, shrewd, smacking, smart, sounding, stiff, strong, sturdy, swingeing, telling, tenacious, thumping, thundering, torrid, two-fisted, vehement, vigorous), рязък (abrupt, acid, bitter, brief, brusque, curt, gravelly, hard, incisive, jarring, jerky, metallic, offhand, pipy, point blank, rapid, rude, sharp, short, short-spoken, shrill, snappish, snappy, snippy, straight out, strident, trenchant), очевиден (apparent, axiomatic, axiomatical, conspicuous, demonstrable, evident, manifest, marked, noticeable, obvious, open and shut, palpable, patent, self evident, self-apparent, self-explanatory, sheer, transparent, unmistakable, visible), напълно (absolutely, all, altogether, amply, clean, completely, dead, entirely, every bit, fairly, fully, hollow, intimately, largely, out and out, outright, perfectly, quite, richly, sheer, spang, stiff, thoroughly, through, throughly, to the full, to the letter, to the wide, totally, utterly, well, whole-hog, wholly, wide, without reserve), без украса, пълен (absolute, alive, all out, ample, beefy, clear, compendious, complete, corpulent, dead, entire, exhaustive, explicit, fat, fleshy, fraught, full, grand, implicit, intact, integral, integrate, lousy, murky, out and out, outright, overall, overblown, perfect, plenary, portly, profound, pursy, radical, rank, replenished, replete, riddle, right, round, sheer, stout, substantial, teetotal, thoroughgoing, thorough-paced, total, unabbreviated, universal, unmitigated, unqualified, unreserved, utter, vast, very, well fed, whole, whole-footed, whole-hog). (various references) | |
Chinese | 纯然, 僵硬 (stiff). (various references) | |
Czech | strohý (abrupt, austere, brusque, curt, gruff), strašlivý (direful, dreadful, gruesome), pustý (bleak, desert, desolate, dreary, godforsaken, hollow, void, waste, wild), příkrý (abrupt, brusque, harsh, prone, sheer, steep, violent), nehostinný (inhospitable), holý (bald, bare, bleak, hard, naked, undiluted, utter), drsný (abrasive, broad, coarse, crude, grating, gruff, harsh, heavy, inclement, intemperate, leathery, offhand, ragged, raucous, raw, rigorous, rough, ruddy, scabrous, severe, unkind). (various references) | |
Farsi | پاک (Clean, Good, Kosher, Pure, Sheer), مطلق (Absolute, Abstract, Arbitrary, Autocratic, Downright, Free, Implicit, Positive, Sheer, Slick, Total, Unconditional, Unrestrained, Utter), کامل (Absolute, Complete, Culminant, Exact, Intact, Integral, Large, Main, Mature, Perfect, Plenary, Thorough, Unabridged, Unmitigated, Unqualified, Whole), قوی (Boisterous, Drastic, Fort, Hard, Hefty, Intense, Irresistible, Lusty, Mighty, Overtone, Potent, Stalwart, Stocky, Strong, Swith, Valid, Vigorous), حساس (Acute, Alive, Delicate, Exquisite, Sensitive, Sensory, Susceptible, Techy, Tender, Ticklish, Touchy, Vigilant), تماما (All, Altogether, Intoto, Quite, Throughout, Well, Wholly), سفت (Astringent, Callous, Concrete, Fast, Hard, Inelastic, Ironclad, Stiff, Taut, Tenacious, Tense, Thick, Tight, Tough, Wiry), سرسخت (Barnacle, Bullheaded, Diehard, Dogged, Dour, Headstrong, Intransigent, Inveterate, Obstinate, Recalcitrant, Refractory, Remorseless, Stubborn, Tenacious), سرراست (Straightforward, Upstanding), زبر (Coarse, Prickly, Ragged, Rough, Russet, Russeting, Scaly, Shaggy, Stubby), صرف (Accident, Etymology, Expenditure, Sheer), رک (Blunt, Frank, Outspoken, Straight, Straightforward), شجاع (Brave, Gallant, Intrepid, Valiant), شاق (Astringent, Burdensome, Onerous, Severe, Tall). (various references) | |
Finnish | pähkähullu (stark mad), ilkialaston (stark naked). (various references) | |
French | rigide (stiff), raide (starchy, steep, stiff, strong), pur (stainless, straightforward), désolé, complet, austère (strict), absolu. (various references) | |
German | schier (almost, nearly, pure, sheer, skis, unadulterated), rein (absolutely, chaste, chastely, clean, cleanly, clear, genuine, honest, immaculate, immaculately, mere, outright, perfect, plain, pure, purely, rank, raw, refined, sheer, sheerly, straight, sweet, true, unadulterated, unalloyed, uncorrupt, undefiled, undiluted, unvarnished, virgin, virginal), rauh (abrasive, bleak, bleakly, coarse, crude, gnarled, grating, gravelly, gruff, harsh, harshly, hoarse, husky, inclement, inclemently, raucous, raucously, raw, rough, roughly, rugged, scraggly, severe, sore, throatily, throaty, tough, unrefined, unwrought, wild), nackt (bare, blunt, buff, callow, naked, nakedly, nude, nudely, plain, raw), krass (blatant, complete, crass, garish, glaring, gross, harsh, jarring, rank, violent), kahl (bald, baldly, bare, barren, bleak, featherless, leafless, naked, shaved, shorn), hell (blond, bright, brightly, brilliantly, broad, clear, fair, flaming, great, high pitched, intelligent, light, light-colored, lucid, pale, pure, ringing, sheer, smart, utter, vivid). (various references) | |
Greek | σκέτος (plain), γυμνός (bare, bleak, naked), πλήρησ (absolute, clear, complete, flush, pregnant, pregnant with, replete, straight out, thoro, thorough, thoroughgoing, unabridged), εντελώσ (altogether, clear, completely, entirely, in toto, outright, quite, sheer, tout a fait), άκαμπτοσ (adamantine, inflexible, obdurate, rigid, rocky, stiff, stiff necked, unbending), τέλειοσ (accomplished, arrant, complete, consummate, finished, outright, perfect, precious, straight out). (various references) | |
Hebrew | מוחלט (absolute, categorical, certain, decided, definite, downright, outright, positive, sheer, thorough, thoroughgoing, total, unqualified, utter), כליל (complete, completely, downright, entirely, out and out, over, passim, quite, stiff, thoroughly, total, totally, utter, utterly, whole), 'מור (absolute, complete, completion, concluded, conclusion, end, ended, entire, finish, finished, finishing, out and out, outright, perfect, sheer, termination, thorough, thoroughgoing, through, total, utter, very). (various references) | |
Hungarian | tisztára (plumb, sheer), teljesen (absolutely, all, altogether, at all, clean, completely, consummately, entirely, from hub to tire up to the hub, full, fully, have sy by the leg, I am done to a frazzle, in full, it's all over with him, out and out, outright, perfectly, purely, quite, regularly, sheer, starkly, thoroughly, through and through, to serve sy hand and foot, to the full, to write out, totally, utterly, wholly), merev (angular, austere, cast iron, ceremonious, hard and fast, hard-shell, inductile, inflexible, muscle bound, rigid, steady, stiff, stiff style, tense, unwinking, unyielding, wooden), meredt (stiff), kopár (bald, bare, barren, bleak, treeless), erõs (fast, intense, lusty, massive, mighty, muscular, potent, powerful, robust, severe, sound, strong, sturdy, swingeing, well knit). (various references) | |
Indonesian | kaku (awkward, curt, gauche, numb, rigid, stiff). (various references) | |
Italian | rigido (harsh, inflexible, martinet, numbly, primly, relentless, rigid, rigorous, rugged, severe, stern, stiff, strait laced, stringent, taut, wooden), desolato (bare, desolate, desolated, desolates, devastates, disconsolate, dreary, gaunt, god forsaken, sick, sorry, waste), del tutto (absolutely, all, altogether, completely, downright, fully, quite, right, wholly), completo (absolute, all, all out, all round, arrant, blank, clear, complete, dead, entire, full, full up, implicit, inclusive, integral, intimate, out and out, outfit, outright, overall, perfect, round, set, sound, suit, thorough, total, totally, unabridged, utter, whole), completamente (absolutely, all, altogether, clean, completely, downright, entirely, fully, outright, over, quite, right, roundly, sheer, signally, stiff, thoroughly, through, throughout, tight, up, utterly, wholly, widely), assoluto (absolute, all-time, clear, damned, downright, implicit, perfect, profound, sheer, sweeping, unqualified, utter, very), aspro (abrasive, acerbic, acid, acrid, acrimonious, acute, bitter, foxy, gruff, harsh, hoarse, lurid, rough, rugged, scathing, sharp, smart, sour, tart, uncharitable). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 冷厳 (grim, heartless, stern). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | れい'" (foreword, grim, heartless, miracle, miraculous efficacy, miraculous virtue, preface, stern). (various references) | |
Korean | 굳어지" (Starker, Starkest). (various references) | |
Manx | trean (brave, doughty, firm, formidable, heavy, heroic, intensive, stout, valiant, valorous), reen (dogged, hard, hard-and-fast, hard-boiled, hardy, rigid, sinewy, stiff, stringy, thick-skinned, thick-skinned of person), lajer (able-bodied, cogent, forcible, forte, hard, heady, heavy, high-power, high-powered, lusty, potent, powerful, pronounced, rich, sound, stout, strong, vigorous, vigorous as plant), jiarg (abandoned, bloodshot, burning, fair, fair intensive, florid, glowing, gules, live, red, rouge, ruddy, sanguine, turned, turned as land). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | arkstay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | resoluto (accomplished, decisive, energetic, game, plucky, purposive, resolute, stalwart, steadfast, stiff, stout, sturdy, unbending, unhesitating, unwavering), rígido (accomplished, dour, frigid, ironclad, relentless, rigid, set, severe, stern, stiff, strict, stringent, unbending, uncomplying), hirto (bristly, rigid, standing on end, stiff, untidy), forte (accomplished, acute, bold, bouncing, brawny, cogent, decuman, firm, forceful, forcible, fort, forte, fortress, full-blooded, hale, hard, heavy, hefty, high, high-hearted, intense, intensive, keen, loud, lusty, manly, masculine, masterful, mighty, nappy, penetrating, pithy, potent, presidio, racy, red-blooded, salt, sanguineous, seaworthy, sharp, sinewy, snorting, solid, stalwart, stout, strapping, strong, sturdy, substantial, swingeing, telling, tough, two-fisted, unfailing, vehement, venturous, vigorous, wakeless, wholesome), decidido (crisp, decided, decisive, determinate, determined, forthright, game, gamy, gritty, intent, purposive, resolute, resolved, routine, settled, strong, unhesitating, unshrinking, unwavering). (various references) | |
Romanian | rigid (angular, buckram, cast iron, hard and fast, hard set, harsh, incompressible, inflexible, rigid, rigidly, steady, stern, stiff, stiffly, strait laced, wooden), puternic (acute, ardent, authoritative, biting, catchy, drastic, exquisite, fierce, flush, forceful, forcible, forcibly, great, hard, heavily, heavy, high, important, intense, intensely, intensive, leonine, loud, lusty, marrowy, mighty, muscular, nervous, nervy, pithy, potent, powerful, pronounced, resistant, robust, rough, rude, searching, severe, sinewy, solid, stout, strapping, strong, tough, towering, vigorous, violent, virulent), pe de-a-ntregul (wholly), desãvârşit (absolute, accomplished, blank, complete, consummate, faultless, finished, full-fledged, out and out, perfect, perfectly, pure, right-down, thorough, thoroughpaced), deplin (absolute, blank, complete, dead, entire, full, plenary, quite, total, whole, wholesale, wholly), de tot, curat (absolute, bald, blank, clean, cleanly, clear, clearly, fair, faultless, fine, fresh, genuine, honest, immaculate, neat, orderly, Plumb, pristine, pure, raw, sheer, simple, sincere, snowy, snug, stainless, straight, tidy, white), complet (absolute, all out, broad, clear, collected, complement, complete, completely, comprehensive, dead, down to the ground, downright, entire, entirely, every bit, every inch, exhaustive, fairly, flat, full, fully, good, hollow, outright, perfect, purely, quite, strict, suite, thorough, thoroughly, thoroughpaced, to the bone, total, unabridged, utter, utterly, whole), adevãrat (actual, correct, forsooth, genuine, honestly, in truth, indeed, positive, positively, proper, quite right, real, really and truly, regular, sheer, sooth, Square, true, truthful, veraciously, veritable, very), înţepenit (fixed, heavy, rigid, stiff). (various references) | |
Russian | совершенно абсолютный, совершенно (absolutely, at all, clean, clear, completely, down to the ground, entirely, outright, perfectly, quite, thoroughly, through and through, throughout, utterly), окоченевший, абсолютный (absolute, dyed-in-the-wool, positive, teetotal, total, unconditioned, unmitigated, utter). (various references) | |
Scottish | dearg-rùisgte (a. stark naked). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | sasvim (all over, all: at all, clean, completely, dead, entirely, fairly, lock up stock and barrel, plunk, quite, sheer, span-new, stinking, throughout, totally, utterly, well, well nigh, whole, wholly, wide), pravi (genuine, ortho-, plumb, proper, pucka, pukka, real, sheer, simon-pure, sterling, thorough, true), potpuno (absolutely, all over, broadly, completely, consummately, dead, entirely, full scale, fully, outright, purely, roundly, sheer, solely, span-new, thoroughly, throughly, totally, unreservedly, utterly, whole), potpun (absolute, complete, consummate, crass, downright, outright, plenary, thorough-paced, total, unmixed, utter, uttermost). (various references) | |
Spanish | severo (astringent, austere, bad, exacting, forbidding, gaunt, grievous, grim, hard, hard-faced, harsh, inexorable, severe, sharp, slashing, stern, strict, stringent, unkind), rígido (hard and fast, hidebound, rigid, set, stiff, tense, wiry), espantoso (amazing, appaling, appalling, dread, dreadful, frightening, frightful, gruesome, hideous, nerve racking, scarey, scary, shocking, terrifying), escueto (bald, bare, plain, short), completo (absolute, all around, all round, clear, complete, consummate, downright, entire, finished, full, inclusive, integral, omnibus, outright, overall, perfect, plain, plenary, Plumb, rank, round, sheer, thorough, total, unalloyed, utter, whole). (various references) | |
Swedish | stel (fixed, formal, frigid, hard, numb, prim, rigid, set, starchy, stiff, torpid, wooden), total (aggregate, entire, full scale, global, integral, out and out, out-and-out, outright, overall, pure, rank, total, unconditional, unmitigated, unqualified, utter, wholehearted), naken (bare, denuded, in the nude, naked, nude, starkers, unclothed), kal (bald, bare, bleak), fullständigt (absolutely, all ends up, clear, completely, completly, entirely, fairly, flat, full, fully, in full, outright, raving, sheer, to the full, wholly), fullständig (absolute, all out, all-out, clean, complete, congenital, dead, entire, exhaustive, full, full scale, out and out, outright, perfect, plenary, rank, teetotal, total, unmitigated). (various references) | |
Turkish | sert (acrid, adamant, astringent, austere, bad, bitter, boisterous, bossy, brisk, brutal, cast iron, crusty, cutting, drastic, exact, exacting, fierce, firm, flinty, forbidding, get-tough, granitic, grim, gruff, gusty, hard, hard and fast, hard bitten, hard line, hard set, hardening, hard-hitting, harsh, heady, heavy, heavy-handed, hot, ill natured, inclement, incompressible, inelastic, intemperate, iron, ironclad, keen, nappy, pointed, pungent, rigid, rigorous, rough, round, sclerous, severe, sharp, sharp-set, short, short-spoken, shrewd, smart, solid, sound, spanking, spartan, spiky, stand up, starched, starchy, stern, stiff, strict, stringent, strong, surly, tart, tough, unbending, ungentle, unkind, unrelenting, unshaded, unyielding, vehement, violent), sade (artless, austere, bald, bare, chaste, frugal, frugally, homely, homespun, just, mere, merely, only, plain, pure, rustic, severe, simple, simplificative, sober, unadorned, unmixed, unsophisticated), sırf (exclusively, mere, merely, only, pure, purely, sheer, simply, solely, very), tamamen (absolutely, all, altogether, at large, bang, bang on, chock, clean, clear, completely, dead, definitely, downright, entirely, exactly, fair, fully, heart and soul, hollow, holo-, hopelessly, in the highest degree, in toto, neck and crop, off, out and out, outright, perfectly, plenty, precious, properly, quite, richly, roundly, sheer, simply, staring, thoroughly, thro, through, through and through, thru, thru and thru, up to the hilt, utterly, well, whole, wholly, wide), tam (absolute, accomplished, according to cocker, accurate, all out, at the time, bang, bang on, blank, clear, complete, consummate, correct, dead, desperately, downright, due, engrained, entire, even, exact, exactly, factual, full, full complement, fully, holo-, implicit, ingrained, intact, integral, intimate, just, literal, mathematical, on time, out and out, outright, overall, perfect, plenary, Plumb, plunk, precise, precisely, prize, prompt, proper, punctual, rank, right, rightdown, root and branch, round, sharp, sheer, simple, slap bang, slick, solid, spot-on, Square, straight, strict, the very, thorough, thoroughgoing, to a t, true, trueborn, unalloyed, unambiguous, unmitigated, unredeemed, unreserved, utter, very, whole), tümüyle (as a whole, clean, entirely, smack), kesin (absolute, accurate, assertive, categorical, certain, cheese it, clean-cut, clear-cut, conclusive, decided, decisive, declared, definite, definitive, determined, dogmatic, downright, exact, express, extreme, final, firm, flat, frozen, implicit, indisputable, indubitable, irreversible, irrevocable, mathematical, ocular, outright, peremptory, point blank, pointed, precise, pronounced, rigid, rigorous, round, safe, scientific, specific, spot-on, Square, sure, sure as death, unambiguous, uncompromising, undoubted, unquestionable, unquestioned, unquestioning, utter), kati (conclusive, definite, exact, flat, stiff), büsbütün (all, altogether, dead, downright, entirely, fair, fairly, quite, sheer, staring, wholly), ıssız (desert, deserted, desolate, forlorn, forsaken, isolated, retired, solitary, unfrequented, uninhabited, void, waste, widowed, wild). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | різкий (abrupt, acerbic, acrid, acute, argute, bluffy, brief, brusque, curt, harsh, nippy, point blank, raucous, snappish, trenchant, vehement, violent), голий (bald, bare, bleak, callow, desert, naked, nude), окостенілий, закляклий (cataleptic, numb, stiff). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | ho n to n (all, all right, all-in-all, altogether, backbone, clean, completely, consummate, due, full, fully, heartily, hilt, hollow, inch, out-and-out, outright, perfectly, profound, purely, quite, regular, sheer, thorough, thoroughly, undivided, utter, utterly, wholly). (various references) | |
Welsh | rhonc (out-and-out, rank). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Old English | 450-1100 | steort. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "stark": starker, starkers, starkest, starkly, starkness, starknesses. (additional references) | |
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"Stark" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Esmark, sarc, Saryk, satro, Scherk, smark, snark, stak, starb, starc, stard, Stari, starky, starp, Stavro, sterk, stra, strack, stuark, tark. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "stark" (pronounced stÄ"rk) |
| 3 | -Ä" r k | arc, ark, bark, dark, demark, disembark, embark, hark, lark, Marc, Mark, marque, Narc, Park, quark, remark, Sark, shark, spark. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: karst, karts. | |
| Words within the letters "a-k-r-s-t" | |
-1 letter: arks, arts, kart, kats, rats, sark, skat, star, tars, task, tsar. | |
-2 letters: ark, ars, art, ask, kas, kat, ras, rat, sat, ska, tar, tas, tsk. | |
-3 letters: ar, as, at, ka, ta. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-k-r-s-t" | |
+1 letter: karats, karsts, korats, krafts, kraits, krauts, kurtas, skater, strake, streak, takers, taroks, tracks, traiks, tranks, troaks. | |
+2 letters: britska, darkest, kantars, karates, karstic, kashrut, kraters, markets, muskrat, ostmark, rackets, rankest, restack, retacks, retakes, skaters, stacker, stalker, starker, starkly, straked, strakes, streaks, streaky, tackers, talkers, tankers, troikas. | |
+3 letters: amtracks, artworks, asterisk, backrest, barkiest, basketry, brackets, brakiest, britskas, britzkas, britzska, crankest, frakturs, frankest, futharks, hatracks, hektares, kartings, kashruth, kashruts, keratins, keratose, kitharas, larkiest, meerkats, mistaker, muskrats, ostmarks, outbarks, outranks, overtask, partakes, postmark, ratfinks, restacks, retakers, retracks, saltwork, sarkiest, seatwork, sitzmark, stackers, stalkers, stalkier, starkers, starkest, starlike, stinkard, stockcar, streaked, streaker, tacklers, tamarisk, tanbarks, tankards, taskwork, thankers, titlarks, trackers, tripacks, zikurats. | |
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