stark
Severe; violent; fierce (now usually in describing the weather).
Adjective 4 meanings
Severe; violent; fierce (now usually in describing the weather).
Stiff, rigid.
Plain in appearance; barren, desolate.
“I picked my way forlornly through the stark, sharp rocks.”
Naked.
Adverb 1 meaning
Starkly; entirely, absolutely.
“He's gone stark, staring mad.”
Etymology
From Middle English stark, starc, from Old English stearc, starc (“stiff, rigid, unyielding, obstinate, hard, strong, severe, violent”), from Proto-West Germanic *stark, from Proto-Germanic *starkuz (“stiff, strong”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)terg- (“rigid, stiff”).
STARK at a glance
STARK has 5 letters and scores 9 points in Scrabble (S 1 + T 1 + A 1 + R 1 + K 5) and 9 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #6,956 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with stark
All rhymesOne letter away
- START5 (word)
- STARS5
- SHARK12
- STACK11
- SPARK11
- STARE5
- STALK9
- STARR5
- STORK9
- STANK9
- SNARK9
- STIRK9
- STARN5
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