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What is the adjective for starkness?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verb stark which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

stark
  1. (obsolete) Hard, firm; obdurate.
  2. Severe; violent; fierce (now usually in describing the weather).
  3. (archaic) Strong; vigorous; powerful.
  4. Stiff, rigid.
  5. Hard in appearance; barren, desolate.
  6. Complete, absolute, full.
  7. Synonyms:
      8. absolute, pure, sheer, downright, utter, consummate, complete, total, categoric, outright, perfect, rank, unalloyed, unmitigated, categorical, thorough, thoroughgoing, unadulterated, veritable, arrant, positive, unqualified, clean, dead, definite, flat, palpable, plumb, profound, regular, simple, stone, unconditional, unequivocal, blooming, deadly, dreadful, fair, patent, surpassing, blank, blasted, blatant, bodacious, crashing, entire, flagrant, glaring, gross, infernal … more
  8. Examples:
      9. “Christian now looked torn between amusement and stark terror.”
      “Half a dozen cheap cots lined a stark room that was unlike the opulence of the rest of the living quarters.”
      “The high winds scour the snow from the peaks and trees, leaving behind a stark landscape that's more harsh than beautiful.”
starkish
  1. Somewhat stark.
starker
  1. comparative form of stark: more stark
  2. Synonyms:
      3. higher, stronger, fiercer, gustier, harsher, more forceful, more intense, more turbulent, more violent, stormier, mightier, ore extreme, squallier, more blustery, more ferocious, more heavy, more potent, more tempestuous, stiffer, acuter, more almighty, more blistering, more boisterous, more crushing, more explosive, more forcible, more powerful, more titanic, more overpowering, more overwhelming, sharper, powerfuller, intenser, violenter, extremer, severer, harder, more vigorous, more heavy-duty, more puissant, weightier, more dynamic, more commanding, more dominant, heavier, more drastic, heftier, gutsier, more telling, more energetic … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “For what it's worth, the contrast is even starker for me when the predeterminer is both rather than all.”
      “The cultural remove between medical colonizers and the medically colonized is even starker than elsewhere.”
      “The difference between her detractors and supporters could not be starker, as the former demonize and the latter apotheosize her.”
starkest
  1. superlative form of stark: most stark
  2. Synonyms:
      3. purest, sheerest, completest, perfectest, rankest, arrantest, cleanest, deadest, flattest, simplest, deadliest, fairest, blankest, grossest, veriest, most absolute, most downright, most consummate, most total, most categoric, most unalloyed, most unmitigated, most categorical, most thorough, most thoroughgoing, most veritable, most positive, most unqualified, most definite, most palpable, most plumb, most profound, most regular, most unconditional, most unequivocal, most blooming, most dreadful, most patent, most blatant, most bodacious, most flagrant, most glaring, most infernal, most straight-out, realest, extremest, fullest, most unrestricted, most unlimited, plainest … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “This is the starkest, most distopian vision of a wireless future imaginable.”
      “The political dimension of procurement looks starkest in the context of war and postwar reconstruction.”
      “This slogan displays the starkest reality of this period, namely the imperative of overthrowing this ahistorical regime in its entirety.”
starked
  1. simple past tense and past participle of stark
starking
  1. present participle of stark
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