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starkness

DEFINITIONS OF: starkness

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n an extreme lack of furnishings or ornamentation

“I was struck by the starkness of my father's room”
Synonyms:
bareness
Type of:
plainness
the appearance of being plain and unpretentious

n the quality of being complete or utter or extreme

“the starkness of his contrast between justice and fairness was open to many objections”
Synonyms:
absoluteness, utterness
Type of:
bound, boundary, limit
the greatest possible degree of something
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