Information about the word stark (English → Esperanto: severa)

Synonyms: heavy, severe, hard, tough, punishing

Part of speechadjective
Pronunciation/stɑːk/
Hyphenationstark
Shavian alphabet𐑕𐑑𐑸𐑒
Deseret alphabet𐑅𐐻𐐪𐑉𐐿

Degrees of comparison

Positivestark
Comparativestarker
Superlativestarkest

Usage samples

It is not unusual for Gim Jeong‐un to talk about difficulties and hardship but this time the language is quite stark and that’s different.
But now, for the first time in a conflict that is in its fifth year, the stark reality of what the Kremlin still insists on calling a “special military operation” has become impossible for ordinary Russians to comfortably ignore.
Other political experts spoke in equally stark terms.

Translations

Dutchbar
Esperantosevera
Frenchpénible
Germangrimmig