Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun starkness

2 senses of starkness

Sense 1
starkness, absoluteness, utterness -- (the quality of being complete or utter or extreme; "the starkness of his contrast between justice and fairness was open to many objections")
       => limit, bound, boundary -- (the greatest possible degree of something; "what he did was beyond the bounds of acceptable behavior"; "to the limit of his ability")

Sense 2
bareness, starkness -- (an extreme lack of furnishings or ornamentation; "I was struck by the starkness of my father's room")
       => plainness -- (the appearance of being plain and unpretentious)