stark+naked
21stark — [ stark ] adjective usually before noun 1. ) 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. The… …
22stark — ► ADJECTIVE 1) severe or bare in appearance. 2) unpleasantly or sharply clear. 3) complete; sheer: stark terror. ● stark naked Cf. ↑stark naked ● stark raving (or staring) mad Cf. ↑ …
23naked — [adj1] without covering au naturel, bald, bare, bared, bare skinned, barren, defenseless, denuded, disrobed, divested, exposed, helpless, in birthday suit*, in dishabille*, in the altogether*, in the buff*, in the raw*, leafless, natural, nude,… …
24stark — naked Stark in this sense means completely, and this is probably merely a shortened form of the idiom stark naked: Stark as the day you were born. (Buchan, 1898) The obsolete meaning, dead, came from a dialect meaning, stiff, often… …
25stark´ness — stark «stahrk», adjective, adverb. –adj. 1. downright; complete; sheer; absolute: »That fool is talking stark nonsense. She moved with the stark simplicity of a Martha Graham dancer (Newsweek). SYNONYM(S): utter …
26stark´ly — stark «stahrk», adjective, adverb. –adj. 1. downright; complete; sheer; absolute: »That fool is talking stark nonsense. She moved with the stark simplicity of a Martha Graham dancer (Newsweek). SYNONYM(S): utter …
27stark|ers — «STAHR kuhrz», adjective. British Slang. stark naked. ╂[< stark + ers, as in bonkers] …
28naked — na|ked [ neıkəd ] adjective ** 1. ) not wearing any clothes: BARE: a drawing of a naked woman half naked: The half naked body was found on the river bank. strip naked (=take all your clothes off): He stripped naked and got into the shower. naked… …
29naked */*/ — UK [ˈneɪkɪd] / US [ˈneɪkəd] adjective 1) a) not wearing any clothes a drawing of a naked woman stark naked (= completely naked): She stood there stark naked. half naked: The half naked body was found on the river bank. strip naked (= take all… …
30stark — adj. & adv. adj. 1 desolate, bare (a stark landscape). 2 sharply evident (in stark contrast). 3 downright, sheer (stark madness). 4 completely naked. 5 archaic strong, stiff, rigid. adv. completely, wholly (stark mad; stark naked). Derivatives:… …
