starkness

Definitions of starkness
  1. noun
    an extreme lack of furnishings or ornamentation
    “I was struck by the starkness of my father's room”
    synonyms: bareness
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    type of:
    plainness
    the appearance of being plain and unpretentious
  2. noun
    the quality of being complete or utter or extreme
    “the starkness of his contrast between justice and fairness was open to many objections”
    synonyms: absoluteness, utterness
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    type of:
    bound, boundary, limit
    the greatest possible degree of something
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