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| Main Entry: | stark |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | utter, absolute |
| Synonyms: | abrupt, arrant, bald, bare, blessed, blunt, complete, confounded, consummate, downright, entire, firm, flagrant, gross, infernal, out-and-out*, outright, palpable, patent, pure, rank, severe, sheer, simple, stiff, unmitigated, blasted, unalloyed |
| Antonyms: | indefinite |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | stark |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | bare, unadorned |
| Synonyms: | au naturel, austere, bald, barren, bleak, chaste, clear, cold, depressing, desolate, dreary, empty, forsaken, grim, harsh, naked, nude, plain, raw, severe, solitary, stripped, uncovered, vacant, vacuous, void, unclad, unclothed, undraped |
| Antonyms: | clothed, covered |
| Main Entry: | egregious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | outstandingly bad; outrageous |
| Synonyms: | arrant, atrocious, capital, deplorable, extreme, flagrant, glaring, grievous, gross*, heinous, infamous, insufferable, intolerable, monstrous, nefarious, notorious, outright, preposterous, rank, scandalous, shocking, stark |
| Notes: | egregious means conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible; exceptional means well above average or surpassing what is common or usual or expected |
| Antonyms: | little, minor, secondary, slight |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | featureless |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | nondescript |
| Synonyms: | bland, nameless, plain, stark, unadorned, characterless, faceless, forgettable |
| Main Entry: | mere |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | nothing more; absolute |
| Synonyms: | bald, bare, blunt, common, complete, entire, insignificant, little, minor, plain, poor, pure, sheer, simple, small, stark, unadorned, unadulterated, unmitigated, utter, very, pure and simple, unmixed |
| Main Entry: | nude |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | without clothes, covering |
| Synonyms: | au naturel*, bald, bare, bare-skinned, buck naked, dishabille*, disrobed, exposed, garmentless, in birthday suit, in one's skin, in the altogether, naked, peeled, raw, skin, stark, stark-naked, stripped, unattired, unclad, unclothed, uncovered, undraped, undressed, wearing only a smile, without a stitch |
| Antonyms: | clothed, covered |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | unadorned |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | plain, simple |
| Synonyms: | austere, bare, basic, modest, stark, unembellished, stripped down, undecorated |
| Main Entry: | unvarnished |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | plain, honest |
| Synonyms: | bare, candid, clean, folksy*, frank, genuine, homey*, naked, open, pure, simple, sincere, stark, straight, straightforward, unadorned, unconcealed, unembellished, vanilla*, for real, open and shut, pure and simple, undisguised, undissembled |
| Antonyms: | dishonest, falsified |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | utter |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | outright, absolute |
| Synonyms: | arrant, blessed*, blooming*, complete, confounded, consummate, downright, entire, flat-out*, infernal, out-and-out*, perfect, pure, sheer, stark, thorough, thoroughgoing, total, unmitigated, unqualified, all-fired, blasted, straight-out |
| Antonyms: | incomplete, uncertain |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | bald |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | having no covering |
| Synonyms: | bare, barren, exposed, hairless, head*, naked, smooth, stark, uncovered, baldheaded, depilated, glabrous, shaven, skin head |
| Antonyms: | hairy, hirsute |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | empty |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | containing nothing |
| Synonyms: | abandoned, bare, barren, blank, clear, dead, deflated, depleted, desert, deserted, desolate, destitute, devoid, dry, exhausted, forsaken, godforsaken*, hollow, lacking, stark, unfilled, uninhabited, unoccupied, vacant, vacuous, void, wanting, waste, despoiled, evacuated, unfurnished, vacated |
| Antonyms: | complete, entire, filled, full, replete, satisfied, sated |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | rugged |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | bumpy, weathered |
| Synonyms: | broken, coarse, craggy, difficult, harsh, hilly, irregular, jagged, leathery, lumpy, mountainous, ragged, rocky, rough, scabrous, stark, uneven, unpolished, unrefined, weather-beaten, worn, wrinkled, asperous, furrowed, roughhewn, scraggy, unlevel, unsmooth |
| Antonyms: | even, flat, level, smooth |
| Main Entry: | stiff |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | hard, inflexible |
| Synonyms: | brittle, firm, fixed, frozen, graceless, hardened, inelastic, mechanical, ossified, petrified, refractory, resistant, rigid, set, solid, starchy, stark, stony, taut, tense, thick, tight, unbending, ungraceful, unyielding, wooden, annealed, arthritic, benumbed, buckram, cemented, chilled, congealed, contracted, creaky, immalleable, impliable, incompliant, indurate, jelled, numbed, rheumatic, solidified, starched, steely, stiff as a board, thickened, unflexible, unsupple |
| Antonyms: | flexible, pliable, pliant, soft |
| Main Entry: | strong |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | healthy, powerful |
| Synonyms: | able, able-bodied, active, athletic, big, capable, durable, enduring, energetic, firm, fixed, forceful, forcible, hale, hardy, hearty, heavy, mighty, muscular, reinforced, robust, rugged, secure, sinewy, solid, sound, stable, stalwart, stark, staunch, steady, stout, strapping, sturdy, substantial, tenacious, tough, unyielding, vigorous, well-founded, well-made, hard as nails, heavy-duty, in fine feather, well-built |
| Antonyms: | feeble, infirm, unhealthy, weak, unpowerful |
| Main Entry: | vacant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | empty; unoccupied |
| Synonyms: | abandoned, available, bare, clear, deserted, devoid, disengaged, free, idle, stark, unemployed, unfilled, uninhabited, unused, void, not in use, tenantless, to let, unengaged, unlived in, untaken, untenanted, without contents |
| Antonyms: | full, occupied, overflowing |
| Main Entry: | bare |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | without covering or content |
| Synonyms: | arid, barren, blank, bleak, clear, desert, desolate, empty, lacking, mean, open, poor, scanty, scarce, stark, vacant, vacuous, void, wanting, unfurnished |
| Antonyms: | covered, full |
| Main Entry: | naked |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | manifest, evident |
| Synonyms: | artless, blatant, discovered, dry, matter-of-fact, obvious, open, overt, palpable, patent, plain, pure, sheer, simple, stark, unadorned, unmistakable, unqualified, unvarnished, disclosed, revealed, undisguised, unexaggerated |
| Antonyms: | hidden, private, secret |
| Main Entry: | austere |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | grim, barren |
| Synonyms: | bald, bare, bleak, clean, dour, plain, primitive, rustic, severe, simple, spare, spartan, stark, subdued, unadorned, unembellished, vanilla*, bare-bones |
| Antonyms: | extravagant, luxurious |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | bare |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | simple, unadorned |
| Synonyms: | austere, bald, basic, blunt, chaste, cold, essential, hard, literal, meager, mere, modest, severe, sheer, simple, spare, stark, unembellished, scant, unornamented |
| Antonyms: | adorned, decorated |
| Main Entry: | clear |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | open, unhindered |
| Synonyms: | bare, empty, free, smooth, stark, unlimited, unobstructed, vacant, vacuous, void, unhampered, unimpeded |
| Antonyms: | closed, congested, blocked, clogged, hindered |
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