Starkness

Definitions

1. The state or quality of being stark.
   uncountable
2. The result or product of being stark.
   countable

Equivalents

Examples

“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.”

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