Definitions of stark:

• adjective:   complete or extreme

  Example: "Stark poverty"

• adjective:   severely simple

  Example: "A stark interior"

• adjective:   providing no shelter or sustenance

  Example: "A stark landscape"

• adverb:   completely

  Example: "Stark mad"

• name:  A surname (common: 1 in 7142 families; popularity rank in the U.S.: #858)