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stark

/stɑːk/

US pronunciation
American sound/stɑːk/
stark
Syllables
1 syllable
Stress
One strong syllable
Vowel
Open ah vowel
Ending
Clear final sound

US voice -> stark

Myanmar meaning

(adj) တောင့်တင်းခိုင်မာသော။သက်သက်ဖြစ်သော။လုံးလုံးလျားလျားဖြစ်သော။

Full entry

stark /stɑ:k /adj (-er, -est)

၁။ (က) ရစရာမရှိအောင် ညံ့သော။ ပြောင်တလင်း ခါသော။ stark prison conditions
❍ The landscape was grey and stark.
(ခ) အရှိအရှိအတိုင်းဖြစ်သော။ the stark facts ❍ Many are facing the stark reality of long-term unemployment.
၂။ သိသိသာသာ၊ အတိုင်းသား [ကွာခြားသော]။ Her wealth is in stark contrast to the poverty all around her.
၃။ လုံးလုံး။ လုံးလုံးလျားလျား။ stark madness/terror.
❏ stark naked [IDM ] လုံးလုံးလျားလျား ဗလာကျင်းလျက်။
❏ starkness n [U] သာယာဖွယ်တစ်ကွက်မျှမရှိ။ ငုံးတိတိ။ မစိုပြည်။ the starkness of the winter landscape/of their living conditions.
❏ starkly adv အတိုင်းသား။ ထင်းထင်း။ ပြက်ပြက်ထင်ထင်။ starkly different/evident ❍ a style of architecture that contrasts starkly with that of a former age ❍ The trees looked starkly black against the winter sky.
❏ stark raving/staring mad [IDM ] သွက်သွက်လည်အောင် ရူးသည်။

More examples
  • She disliked the stark brick walls and the steel window frames.
  • The hill formed a stark silhouette against the sky.
  • [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.
  • There still remained one stark difference between the two men.
  • [in stark contrast] : His words were in stark contrast to what he had said earlier.
  • The bare trees stood out starkly in the snow.
  • These figures starkly illustrate the poor performance of the British economy.
Synonyms
bleak, bare, barren, harsh, desolate, austere, severe, abrupt, absolute, absolutely, altogether, arrant, au naturel, bald, blasted, blatant, blessed, blunt, chaste, clear, cold, complete, completely, confounded, consummate, depressing, downright, dreary, empty, entire, entirely, firm, flagrant, forsaken, fully, glaring, grim, gross, infernal, naked, nude, out-and-out, outright, palpable, patent, plain, pure, rank, raw, sheer, simple, solitary, stiff, stripped, total, unadorned, unadulterated, unalloyed, unambiguous, unclad, unclothed, uncovered, undraped, unembellished, unmitigated, utter, utterly, vacant, vacuous, void, wholly
Antonyms
ambiguous, bright, cheerful, clothed, covered, encouraging, gentle, happy, indefinite, mild, nice, opulent, partial, partially, sunny
Cross references
bleakbarebarrenharshdesolateausteresevereabruptabsoluteabsolutelyaltogetherarrantau naturelbaldblastedblatantblessedbluntchasteclearcoldcompletecompletelyconfoundedconsummatedepressingdownrightdreary
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