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starknesses

starknesses is the plural of starkness.

Meaning of starkness

Noun

starkness (countable and uncountable, plural starknesses)

  1. (uncountable) The state or quality of being stark.
    • 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.2009, Chika Unigwe, On Black Sisters’ Street, Vintage (2010), page 226
  2. (countable) The result or product of being stark.

Questions about starknesses

What is starknesses the plural of?
Starknesses is the plural of starkness.

Words near starknesses in the dictionary

  1. Starklings
  2. starkly
  3. Starkman
  4. Starkmans
  5. starkness
  6. starknesses
  7. starks
  8. Starksboro
  9. Starkses
  10. Starkville
  11. starkwater

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