Adjective
rigid in or as if in death
b : rigidly conforming (as to a pattern or doctrine) : ABSOLUTE
stark discipline
2 archaic : STRONG, ROBUST
3 : UTTER, SHEER
stark nonsense
4a : BARREN, DESOLATE
b(1) : having few or no ornaments : BARE
a stark white room
(2) : HARSH, BLUNT
the stark realities of death
5 : sharply delineated
a stark contrast
Scott, Janny. “Here, Poverty And Privilege Are Neighbors; Income Gaps Are a Source Of Resentment and Guilt.
” In an odd sort of way they’re both one neighborhood and starkly divided said Annelise Orleck who grew up in both communities is now a historian at Dartmouth and has written about the area”