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STARKNESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An extreme lack of furnishings or ornamentation
Example:
I was struck by the starkness of my father's room
Synonyms:
bareness; starkness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("starkness" is a kind of...):
plainness (the appearance of being plain and unpretentious)
Derivation:
stark (providing no shelter or sustenance)
stark (severely simple)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The quality of being complete or utter or extreme
Example:
the starkness of his contrast between justice and fairness was open to many objections
Synonyms:
absoluteness; starkness; utterness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
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)
