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You must live life in its very elementary forms. The Mexicans have a very nice word for it: pura vida. It doesn't mean just purity of life, but the raw, stark-naked quality of life. And that's what makes young people more into a filmmaker than academia.
Werner Herzog

Meaning of "stark-naked" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD STARK-NAKED

Stert naket, literally: tail naked; stert, from Old English steort tail; related to Old Norse stertr tail + naked.
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PRONUNCIATION OF STARK-NAKED

stark-naked  [ˈstɑːkəz] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF STARK-NAKED

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Stark-Naked is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES STARK-NAKED MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Nudity

Nudity or nakedness is the state of wearing no clothing. Wearing of clothing is a predominantly human characteristic which evolved from functional needs such as protection against cold after the loss of body hair and migration to colder areas and correlated with lice infestation. The amount of clothing worn depends on functional considerations, such as a need for warmth or protection from the elements, and social considerations. In some circumstances, a minimum amount of clothing or none at all may be considered socially acceptable, while in others much more clothing may be expected.

Definition of stark-naked in the English dictionary

The definition of stark-naked in the dictionary is completely naked Informal word: starkers,.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH STARK-NAKED


acres
ˈeɪkəz
Americas
əˈmɛrɪkəz
anchors
ˈæŋkəz
baker´s
ˈbeɪkəz
blinkers
ˈblɪŋkəz
bonkers
ˈbɒŋkəz
checkers
ˈtʃɛkəz
crackers
ˈkrækəz
flickers
ˈflɪkəz
Junkers
ˈjʊŋkəz
knickerbockers
ˈnɪkəˌbɒkəz
knickers
ˈnɪkəz
knockers
ˈnɒkəz
nutcrackers
ˈnʌtkrækəz
Shakers
ˈʃeɪkəz
sneakers
ˈsniːkəz
starkers
ˈstɑːkəz
train-workers
ˈtreɪnˌwɜːkəz
whiskers
ˈwɪskəz
Yonkers
ˈjɒŋkəz

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE STARK-NAKED

starflower
starfucker
starfucking
stargaze
stargazer
stargazing
staring
staringly
stark
Stark effect
starken
starkers
Starkey
starkly
starkness
starless
starlet
starlight
starlike
starling

WORDS THAT END LIKE STARK-NAKED

awaked
beaked
buck-naked
butt-naked
caked
faked
half-baked
half-naked
home-baked
leaked
mother-naked
mud-caked
naked
oaked
peaked
raked
soaked
streaked
sunbaked
unbaked

Synonyms and antonyms of stark-naked in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «stark-naked» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF STARK-NAKED

Find out the translation of stark-naked to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of stark-naked from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «stark-naked» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

一丝不挂
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

- completamente desnuda
570 millions of speakers

English

stark-naked
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

निरा नग्न
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

ستارك عارية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Суровая голый
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

totalmente nua
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

সম্পূর্ণ নগ্ন
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

toute nue
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Telanjang-telanjang
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

splitternackt
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

全裸の
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

스탁 벗은
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Stark-naked
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

hoàn toàn khỏa thân
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

முற்றிலும் நிர்வாண
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पूर्ण-नग्न
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

stark-çıplak
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

tutto nudo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

stark -naked
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Сувора голий
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

gol-goluț
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

έντονη γυμνός
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

moeder naak
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

skarp naken
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

stark - naked
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of stark-naked

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «STARK-NAKED»

The term «stark-naked» is regularly used and occupies the 105.987 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «STARK-NAKED» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about stark-naked

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QUOTES WITH «STARK-NAKED»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word stark-naked.
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Werner Herzog
You must live life in its very elementary forms. The Mexicans have a very nice word for it: pura vida. It doesn't mean just purity of life, but the raw, stark-naked quality of life. And that's what makes young people more into a filmmaker than academia.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «STARK-NAKED»

Discover the use of stark-naked in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to stark-naked and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Stark
Stark is a secret consortium with more money than God, and the social conscience of a dog on a croquet lawn.
Ben Elton, 2008
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Claim Me: A Stark Trilogy Novel
But our troubled pasts will either bind us close . . . or shatter us completely. Claim Me is an erotic romance intended for mature audiences. From the Trade Paperback edition.
J. Kenner, 2013
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Acts of Faith: Explaining the Human Side of Religion
The book sets out to explain *why* people are religious and have the need to be religious, without discrediting organized religions as something foolish or irrational".--Résumé de l'éditeur.
Rodney Stark, Roger Finke, 2000
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Coercive Control:How Men Entrap Women in Personal Life
But this is the first book to show that most abused women who seek help do so because their rights and liberties have been jeopardized, not because they have been injured.
Evan Stark, 2007
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Bel Canto: A History of Vocal Pedagogy
A history of vocal pedagogy from the beginning of the bel canto tradition of solo singing in the late 16th century and dealing extensively with such topics as the emergence of virtuoso singing, national singing styles, and the 'secrets' of ...
James Stark, 2003
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Behind Closed Doors: IRBs and the Making of Ethical Research
The story of how IRBs work today is a story about their past as well as their present, and Behind Closed Doors is the first book to meld firsthand observations of IRB meetings with the history of how rules for the treatment of human ...
Laura Stark, 2012
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Complete Me: A Stark Trilogy Novel
. . . The revelations come fast, heightening the emotions of the series’ conclusion, reaching a fever pitch.”—RT Book Reviews (four stars) “The roller coaster events of Complete Me give this novel a page-turning quality. . .
J. Kenner, 2013
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High Sobriety: my year without booze
Booze had dominated Jill Stark's social life ever since she had her first sip of beer, at 13.
Jill Stark, 2013
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A Theory of Religion
In this unique text, Stark and Bainbridge begin with basic statements about human nature and, employing the principles of logic and philosophy, build toward increasingly complex propositions about societies and their religious institutions.
Rodney Stark, 1996
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The Rise of Christianity: A Sociologist Reconsiders History
Rodney Stark, a sociologist by training, has written a book that should end much of the Christian-bashing occuring in academia.
Rodney Stark, 1996

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