STARKNESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does starkness mean? 

• STARKNESS (noun)
  The noun STARKNESS has 2 senses:

1. the quality of being complete or utter or extreme

2. an extreme lack of furnishings or ornamentation

  Familiarity information: STARKNESS used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• STARKNESS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The quality of being complete or utter or extreme

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

absoluteness; starkness; utterness

Context example:

the starkness of his contrast between justice and fairness was open to many objections

Hypernyms ("starkness" is a kind of...):

bound; boundary; limit (the greatest possible degree of something)

Derivation:

stark (devoid of any qualifications or disguise or adornment)

stark (complete or extreme)

Sense 2

Meaning:

An extreme lack of furnishings or ornamentation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

bareness; starkness

Context example:

I was struck by the starkness of my father's room

Hypernyms ("starkness" is a kind of...):

plainness (the appearance of being plain and unpretentious)

Derivation:

stark (providing no shelter or sustenance)

stark (severely simple)