starkness

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/ˈstɑːknəs/

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/ˈstɑːknəs/ · /ˈstɑɹknəs/

Definition of starkness

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noun

(uncountable)The state or quality of being stark.

“In the morning the framed photograph of the two of them, hanging on the sitting-room wall, was gone. The patch of wall where it had been hanging a hurtful rectangle of dusty starkness.”
“The power of the stories overrides everything else. The quiet starkness of the telling: […]”
“The starkness of the studies correlates with the rising number of people – especially Democrats – who see climate change as not just an issue but the issue of our times.”

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noun

(uncountable)The state or quality of being stark.

“In the morning the framed photograph of the two of them, hanging on the sitting-room wall, was gone. The patch of wall where it had been hanging a hurtful rectangle of dusty starkness.”
“The power of the stories overrides everything else. The quiet starkness of the telling: […]”
“The starkness of the studies correlates with the rising number of people – especially Democrats – who see climate change as not just an issue but the issue of our times.”
(countable)The result or product of being stark.

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From Middle English starknes, starkenes, starkenesse, equivalent to stark + -ness.

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