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{
"term": "stark",
"partOfSpeech": "adjective",
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "c1",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "unpleasant; real, and impossible to avoid",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The author paints a stark picture of life in a prison camp."
},
{
"text": "The government faced a stark choice between civil war and martial law."
},
{
"text": "The remains of the building stand as a stark reminder of the fire."
},
{
"text": "He now faces the **stark reality** of life in prison."
},
{
"text": "The stark truth is that there is not enough money left."
},
{
"text": "The stark fact is that even with more time, we still couldn’t raise enough money."
}
],
"synonyms": "bleak"
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "very different from something in a way that is easy to see",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "stark differences"
},
{
"text": "Social divisions in the city are stark."
},
{
"text": "The good weather was **in stark contrast to** the storms of previous weeks."
}
],
"synonyms": "clear"
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "looking severe and without any colour or decoration",
"examples": [
{
"text": "I think white would be too stark for the bedroom."
},
{
"text": "The hills stood stark against the winter sky."
},
{
"text": "The corridors were stark and uncarpeted."
},
{
"text": "The décor was rather stark for my taste."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "complete and total",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The children watched in stark terror."
}
],
"synonyms": "utter"
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/stɑːk/",
"audio": "st/stark/stark__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/stɑːrk/",
"audio": "st/stark/stark__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Old English stearc ‘unyielding, severe’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch sterk and German stark ‘strong’."
}