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окостенілий; закляклий; задубілий; застиглий; захололий; голий; безплідний; пустельний; різкий; холодний; повний; цілковитий; абсолютний; чистісінький; абсолютно голий |
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сильний; твердий; непохитний; стійкий; несамовитий |
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повністю; цілком; абсолютно; різко; рішуче; круто |
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rigidly conforming (as to a pattern or doctrine; syn.: absolute) • stark discipline  merriam-webster.com); utter, sheer (stark nonsense merriam-webster.com); barren, desolate (merriam-webster.com); having few or no ornaments (a stark white room merriam-webster.com); harsh, blunt (the stark realities of death merriam-webster.com); sharply delineated (a stark contrast merriam-webster.com); providing no shelter or sustenance (In describing a place, stark means "providing no shelter or sustenance." A barren desert or a room with no furniture or curtains is stark • a stark landscape vocabulary.com); severe, stern, or austere (like the stark beauty of the rocky cliffs in the west of Ireland • a stark interior vocabulary.com); severely simple (a stark interior vocabulary.com); devoid of any qualifications or disguise or adornment (facing the stark reality of the deadline vocabulary.com); complete or extreme (stark poverty vocabulary.com • a stark contrast
); stark choices or statements are harsh and unpleasant (U.K. companies face a stark choice if they want to stay competitive. collinsdictionary.com • The conviction should send out a stark warning to other motorists.); if two things are in stark contrast to one another, they are very different from each other in a way that is very obvious (...secret cooperation between London and Washington that was in stark contrast to official policy. collinsdictionary.com); something that is stark is very plain in appearance (...the stark white, characterless fireplace in the drawing room. collinsdictionary.com); used for describing a building or scene that is very clear and plain to look at, often in a slightly unpleasant or frightening way (She disliked the stark brick walls and the steel window frames. macmillandictionary.com • The hill formed a stark silhouette against the sky.); used for describing an unpleasant fact or situation that is very obvious or impossible to avoid (e.g., stark choice: The stark choice is between moving out or staying here and paying more. • stark reality • Too many community leaders seem unable to grasp this stark reality. macmillandictionary.com); extreme and obvious (There still remained one stark difference between the two men. macmillandictionary.com • His words were in stark contrast to what he had said earlier.); starkly |
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strong, robust (merriam-webster.com) |
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rigid in or as if in death (merriam-webster.com) |
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in a stark manner (merriam-webster.com); to an absolute or complete degree, wholly (stark naked merriam-webster.com • stark mad); completely (stark mad vocabulary.com • mouth stark open
); totally (Stark can also be used to mean "totally." If you are called stark, raving mad, there's no question about it: you are acting completely crazy. vocabulary.com) |