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descarnado — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • gritty adj Containing or covered with sand-like particles.
  • stark adj Severe, bare, or bleak in appearance.

Senses

descarnado is used for these senses in English:

  • gritty (film, literature) Intense and starkly realistic; depicting harsh reality, especially violence.
  • stark Plain in appearance; barren, desolate.

gritty — full definition

  1. adj Containing or covered with sand-like particles.
  2. adj Tough, determined, and unwilling to give up.
  3. adj Portraying harsh, unglamorized reality, especially in film or fiction.

stark — full definition

  1. adj Severe, bare, or bleak in appearance.
  2. adj Complete or absolute, used to emphasize how extreme something is.
  3. adv Completely; utterly (used mainly in the phrase "stark naked").

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