Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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stark | No | Yes | No | Yes |
plain | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
stark (noun) | plain (noun) |
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a basic knitting stitch made by putting the needle through the front of the stitch from the lefthand side | |
extensive tract of level open land |
stark (adjective) | plain (adjective) |
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complete or extreme | not elaborate or elaborated; simple |
providing no shelter or sustenance | lacking patterns especially in color |
severely simple | free from any effort to soften to disguise |
devoid of any qualifications or disguise or adornment | clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment |
without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers | not mixed with extraneous elements |
lacking embellishment or ornamentation | |
lacking in physical beauty or proportion |
stark (verb) | plain (verb) |
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express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness |
stark (adverb) | plain (adverb) |
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to the fullest degree | unmistakably (`plain' is often used informally for `plainly') |