Download the app
educalingo
Search

Meaning of "starkness" in the English dictionary

Dictionary
DICTIONARY
section

PRONUNCIATION OF STARKNESS

starkness  [ˈstɑːknɪs] play
facebooktwitterpinterestwhatsapp

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF STARKNESS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Starkness is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES STARKNESS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of starkness in the English dictionary

The first definition of starkness in the dictionary is austerity. Other definition of starkness is unpleasantness; harshness. Starkness is also bluntness.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH STARKNESS


biuniqueness
ˌbaɪjuːˈniːknɪs
blackness
ˈblæknɪs
bleakness
ˈbliːknɪs
darkness
ˈdɑːknɪs
Greekness
ˈɡriːknɪs
homesickness
ˈhəʊmsɪknɪs
likeness
ˈlaɪknɪs
meekness
ˈmiːknɪs
obliqueness
əˈbliːknɪs
pinkness
ˈpɪŋknɪs
quickness
ˈkwɪknɪs
seasickness
ˈsiːsɪknɪs
semi-darkness
ˌsemɪˈdɑːknɪs
sickness
ˈsɪknɪs
slackness
ˈslæknɪs
sleekness
ˈsliːknɪs
slickness
ˈslɪknɪs
thickness
ˈθɪknɪs
uniqueness
juːˈniːknɪs
weakness
ˈwiːknɪs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE STARKNESS

stargazing
staring
staringly
stark
Stark effect
stark-naked
starken
starkers
Starkey
starkly
starless
starlet
starlight
starlike
starling
starlit
starmonger
starnie
starnose
starosta

WORDS THAT END LIKE STARKNESS

African sleeping sickness
airsickness
altitude sickness
anti-motion-sickness
blankness
briskness
business
dankness
decompression sickness
frankness
heartsickness
lovesickness
morning sickness
motion sickness
mountain sickness
pitch darkness
Prince of Darkness
radiation sickness
serum sickness
sleeping sickness
travel-sickness

Synonyms and antonyms of starkness in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «starkness» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR
online translator

TRANSLATION OF STARKNESS

Find out the translation of starkness to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of starkness from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «starkness» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

质朴无华
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

crudeza
570 millions of speakers

English

starkness
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

starkness
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

starkness
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Строгость
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

aridez
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

starkness
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

austérité
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Starkness
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Nacktheit
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

荒涼とした様子
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

starkness
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Starkness
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

khắc nghiệt
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மிகத்தெளிவாக
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

ताठपणा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

çıplaklığında
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

starkness
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

surowością
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

строгість
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

starkness
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

starkness
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

hardheid
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

starkness
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

starkness
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of starkness

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «STARKNESS»

The term «starkness» is regularly used and occupies the 101.075 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
0
100%
FREQUENCY
Regularly used
53
/100
The map shown above gives the frequency of use of the term «starkness» in the different countries.
Principal search tendencies and common uses of starkness
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «starkness».

FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «STARKNESS» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «starkness» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «starkness» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about starkness

EXAMPLES

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «STARKNESS»

Discover the use of starkness in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to starkness and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
A Cameo Collection
The starkness of reality sits amidst total dullness of its time. Reality it calls, Give me a break – There is no break when dullness rules. Only the overtones of nothingness. For a mind that couldn't comprehend what, helplessness, maladjustment ...
Dianne M. Hamre Dobrin
2
The God of Old: Inside the Lost World of the Bible
One might ask here the same question as was asked of the righteous-versus- wicked, light-versus-darkness type of starkness: how often in our existence does it happen that things are so clear-cut? And even supposing the ancient Israelite who ...
James L. Kugel, 2004
3
A Voyage to Arcturus
>9 A couple of days later, at two o'clock in the afternoon, Maskull and Nightspore arrived at Starkness Observatory, having covered the seven miles from Haillar Station on foot. The road, very wild and lonely, ran for the greater part of the way  ...
David Lindsay, 2011
4
A Book of Simple Prayers
How. I. love. the. starkness. of. January. Lord, how I love the starkness of January. Oh, I love the lushness of June, too, the trees lavishly clothed in green, the outrageously vibrant greens of grasses, the bursting color of wildflowers and birds, ...
Gloria Gaither, 2008
5
Canada and the Idea of North
On the one hand, it is so familiar as to be taken for granted: the North is stark; Canada is northern; therefore, starkness of plots (and music?) will touch Canadians. On the other hand, it ignores several questions: how is Janacek's popularity ...
Sherrill Grace, 2001
6
Emptying Beds: The Work of an Emergency Psychiatric Unit
In this account a first-year medical student described his initial reaction to the unit and his socialization into the staff 's belief in the appropriateness of the unit's austerity: Starkness was everywhere: the loud black and white TV, the schedule of ...
Lorna A. Rhodes, 1991
7
Entering the Stream: Poems About Union
Starkness. There is a certain quality to starkness to the crying of thewinterwind. I suppose it is the grayness of standing ona cliff, overlooking a purple river surrounded by leafless trees. The bareness betrays a unity sown together by thehowling ...
N. Thomas Johnson-Medland
8
Jesus in the Gospels | Study Manual
But theGospel writerswere wiser.By not givingus all the details, their accounts arelean, focusedonthe sequenceof events,so that weare not distracted bymatters thatsatisfy our curiosity; instead, weare confronted by a story whose very starkness ...
Leander E. Keck, Nellie M. Moser, 2010
9
Wordsworth and Coleridge: Promising Losses
Scarcely. on. the. Way: The. Starkness. of. Things. in. Sacral. Space. Wordsworth's Maculate Exception: Achieving the “Spots of Time”. 7 Scarcely on the Way: The Starkness of Things in Sacral Space.
Peter Larkin, 2012
10
A Voyage to Arcturus (航向大角星):
A coupleofdayslater, at two o'clock in the afternoon, Maskull and Nightspore arrived at Starkness Observatory, having coveredthesevenmiles from Haillar Station on foot. The road, very wildandlonely,ran for the greater part of the way near the ...
David Lindsay, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «STARKNESS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term starkness is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Song Premiere: Julien Baker, 'Sprained Ankle'
... band Forrister is Memphis-based.) It's this music-as-exercise mentality that lends her debut album Sprained Ankle the starkness and intimacy of a note to self. «NPR, Jul 15»
2
Urban, poor
Home · opinion · editorials; Urban, poor. Urban, poor. Unreleased SECC data headlines the crisis in cities with a starkness that poverty lines lack. Google +. «The Indian Express, Jul 15»
3
Sharon Van Etten: I Don't Want to Let You Down
There are spaces of elegant starkness on Sharon Van Etten's new EP, and she fills them like a shade of blue yet to be invented. cover art ... «PopMatters, Jul 15»
4
Alan Sugar quits Labour party
We know the grim stark reality of Conservatism, but at least that starkness is to be seen ! I really do not know what labour were trying to do. It was tokenistic ... «The Northern Echo, May 15»
5
Emilia Clarke Covers UK 'Vogue' As Daenerys With White Hair, Plus …
There's just something about the starkness of white hair when it comes to fashion editorial. It just works and feels instantly fashion-forward and it doesn't always ... «Bustle, Apr 15»
6
Garden Life: Use winter's starkness to be sure of yard's plan
But in winter, after leaves have fallen, the framework of a deciduous tree stands stark against the colorless sky. Now it's the structural presence of branches and ... «The Columbian, Feb 15»
7
'Let the Right One In,' a Stark Vampire Love Story
The same emotional starkness was evident in the excellent 2008 Swedish movie, directed by Tomas Alfredson, which combined a heightened, anti-cosmetic ... «New York Times, Jan 15»
8
Watch Fences' Stark, Stirring 'Sunburns' Video
I feel like I connected with the director in a deeper way due to the starkness of the production." The unfamiliar setting also influenced the way Mansfield ... «RollingStone.com, Jan 15»
9
Stark violence, stark contrast frame MLK Day
And for me, it was the starkness of the acts perpetrated against children, women, clergy — anyone who dared challenge the brutal, authoritative tentacles of ... «Detroit Free Press, Jan 15»
10
Bruce Springsteen's 'Nebraska': A song-by song second look
Of course, since I had absolutely no idea of what to expect, I was really knocked out by the starkness of the musical presentation and the stories. It was some ... «Something Else! Reviews, Jan 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Starkness [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/starkness>. Apr 2024 ».
Download the educalingo app
en
English dictionary
Discover all that is hidden in the words on
index
a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z