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starkness

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9 lettersPronunciation /ˈstɑːknəs/Part of speech nounSorted aeknrssstStarts with SEnds with S0 clues
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Definitions

  1. an extreme lack of furnishings or ornamentation

Word origin

From Middle English starknes, starkenes, starkenesse, equivalent to stark + -ness.

Used in a sentence

  • 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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