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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. the quality of being complete or utter or extreme;
- Example: "the starkness of his contrast between justice and fairness was open to many objections"
[syn: starkness, absoluteness, utterness]

2. an extreme lack of furnishings or ornamentation;
- Example: "I was struck by the starkness of my father's room"
[syn: bareness, starkness]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Starkness \Stark"ness\, n.
   The quality or state of being stark.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

starkness
    n 1: the quality of being complete or utter or extreme; "the
         starkness of his contrast between justice and fairness was
         open to many objections" [syn: starkness, absoluteness,
         utterness]
    2: an extreme lack of furnishings or ornamentation; "I was
       struck by the starkness of my father's room" [syn:
       bareness, starkness]