starkness

2 definitions found

starkness - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

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

starkness - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  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]