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How to pronounce starkness in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms absoluteness, utterness
Type of bound, boundary, limit
Derivation stark


the starkness of his contrast between justice and fairness was open to many objections.
Type Words
Synonyms bareness
Type of plainness
Derivation stark


I was struck by the starkness of my father's room.

Examples of starkness

starkness
As usual, my friend, you manage to see subtleties where I see only starkness.
From the en.wikipedia.org
The starkness and magnitude of Finkel's material demand an unerring control of tone.
From the guardian.co.uk
The final compositions are surreal in their starkness and quiet quality.
From the kansas.com
Dark denim is most appropriate and helps to balance out the starkness.
From the chron.com
Stripped of its growling guitar line, it shimmers in all its brutally beautiful starkness.
From the morningstaronline.co.uk
The astonishing landscape of New Mexico gives the show a western-film starkness and scale.
From the time.com
Shadows from electric lines and a solitary perched bird enhance the starkness of the moment.
From the dispatch.com
The starkness of the story as told here literally transforms the theater into a sacred space.
From the dallasnews.com
Another reflects the starkness of an African-American classroom in 1956 in Birmingham, Ala.
From the kansas.com
More examples
  • The quality of being complete or utter or extreme; "the starkness of his contrast between justice and fairness was open to many objections"
  • Bareness: an extreme lack of furnishings or ornamentation; "I was struck by the starkness of my father's room"