■ adjective
1》 severe or bare in appearance.
2》 unpleasantly or sharply clear.
3》 complete; sheer: ~ terror.
4》 rare naked.
5》 archaic or literary rigid or incapable of movement.
↘physically strong.
Phrases
~ naked completely naked.
~ raving (or staring ) mad informal completely mad.
Derivatives
~ly adverb
~ness noun
Origin
OE stearc 'unyielding, severe', of Gmc origin.