starker
SaySTARK-erUS/ˈstɑɹkɚ/UK/ˈstɑːkə/
- 1Comparative of stark.
The new figures painted a starker picture of the economic decline.
Against the fresh snow, the dark branches looked starker than ever.
Note
The ending is the plain -er that one-syllable adjectives usually take. It grades the senses of stark that are still in use: severity, especially in weather, and bare plainness, as in a starker landscape or a starker choice. The old meaning "strong" survives in this form only in archaic or poetic writing. "Naked" hardly compares at all, since a person is either naked or not.
starker is a form of stark
stark, adjective: Plainly evident and impossible to overlook, and harsh, with nothing to soften it. Full entry
- Spelling
- stark → starker: add -er
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