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English noun: starkness | |||
| 1. | starkness (attribute) the quality of being complete or utter or extreme | ||
| Samples | The starkness of his contrast between justice and fairness was open to many objections. | ||
| Synonyms | absoluteness, utterness | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | bound, boundary, limit | ||
| 2. | starkness (attribute) an extreme lack of furnishings or ornamentation | ||
| Samples | I was struck by the starkness of my father's room. | ||
| Synonyms | bareness | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | plainness | ||
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