starkness
noun/ˈstɑːknəs/UK/ˈstɑɹknəs/US
Etymology
From Middle English starknes, starkenes, starkenesse, equivalent to stark + -ness.
- inherited from starknes
Definitions
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.
The result or product of being stark.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for starkness. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA