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Showing words for STARKNESS using the English dictionary

9 Letter Words for Starkness

starkness

8 Letter Words for Starkness

sarsnets, starkens

7 Letter Words for Starkness

assents, asserts, knaster, kranses, rankest, sarsens, sarsnet, skaters, snastes, starken, strakes, streaks, tankers, taskers, transes, trasses

6 Letter Words for Starkness

ankers, antres, askers, assent, assert, assets, astern, asters, enstar, eskars, essart, kanses, karsts, kesars, nakers, nasser, nerkas, rankes, ranket, ranses, rasses, reasts, sakers, sanest, sarsen, skarts, skater, skates, skeans, skears, skrans, snaker, snakes, snares, snarks, snaste, sneaks, staker, stakes, stanek, stanes, stanks, stares, starks, starns, stases, steaks, steans, stears, stekan, stenar, sterns, straes, strake, strass, streak, stress, takers, tanker, tasers, tasker, tasser, tasses, tensas, terass, tranks, transe

5 Letter Words for Starkness

anker, anser, antes, antre, arent, arest, arets, asker, asses, asset, aster, astre, atren, earns, earst, easts, eskar, etnas, kanes, kants, karen, karns, karst, karts, kaser, kearn, keats, kents, kerat, kerns, kesar, kests, ketas, knars, krans, ksars, naker, nares, nates, nears, neats, nerka, nerks, nerts, nests, rakes, ranke, ranks, rants, rasen, rasse, rates, reaks, reans, reask, reast, rents, resat, rests, retan, saker, sakes, saner, sanes, sants, sarks, sasse, sates, seans, sears, seats, sekts, senas, sensa, sents, serks, serta, sessa, skart, skate, skats, skean, skear, skeat, skers, skran, snake, snare, snark, snars, snast, sneak, stake, stane, stank, stare, stark, starn, stars, steak, stean, stear, stens, sterk, stern, strae, taken, taker, takes, tanks, tares, tarns, tarse, taser, tasks, tasse, teaks, tears, teras, terna, terns, trank, trans, trass, treas, treks, tress

4 Letter Words for Starkness

aker, akes, anes, anet, anre, ante, ants, aren, ares, aret, arks, arte, arts, asks, asse, assn, asst, astr, ates, eans, earn, ears, east, eats, entr, eras, erat, erks, erns, erst, ests, etas, etna, kaes, kane, kans, kant, karn, kart, kats, keas, keat, kens, kent, kera, kern, kers, kest, keta, kets, knar, knet, kran, kras, krna, ksar, nake, nare, nark, nast, natr, nats, near, neat, neks, nerk, ness, nest, nets, rake, rane, rank, rant, rast, rate, rats, reak, rean, renk, rent, rest, rets, saek, sake, sane, sank, sans, sant, sare, sark, sars, sart, sass, sate, seak, sean, sear, seas, seat, sekt, sena, sens, sent, serk, sers, sert, sess, seta, sets, skas, skat, sken, sker, sket, snar, star, sten, ster, stra, stre, taen, take, taks, tane, tank, tans, tare, tarn, tars, task, tass, teak, tean, tear, teas, tens, tera, tern, trek, tres, trna, tsks

3 Letter Words for Starkness

aer, aes, ake, ane, ans, ant, are, ark, arn, ars, art, ase, ask, ass, ast, ate, ean, ear, eas, eat, ens, era, erk, ern, ers, ert, esr, ess, est, eta, kae, kan, kas, kat, kea, ken, ket, kra, krs, nae, nak, nar, nas, nat, nea, nek, net, ran, ras, rat, rea, res, rna, rte, san, sar, sat, sea, sen, ser, set, ska, sse, sta, stk, str, tak, tan, tar, tas, tea, ten, ter, tes, tra, trs, tsk, tss

Definitions for Starkness

[1] sheer, utter, downright, or complete: stark madness.
[2] harsh, grim, or desolate, as a view, place, etc.: a stark landscape.
[3] extremely simple or severe: a stark interior.
[4] bluntly or sternly plain; not softened or glamorized: the stark reality of the schedule's deadline.
[5] stiff or rigid in substance, muscles, etc.
[6] rigid in death.
[7] Archaic . strong; powerful; massive or robust.
[8] utterly, absolutely, or quite: stark mad.
[9] Chiefly Scot. and North England . in a stark manner; stoutly or vigorously.
[10] Harold Rayns·ford [reynz -ferd] /ˈreɪnz fərd/ , 1880–1972, U.S. admiral.
[11] Jo·han·nes [yoh-hah -nuh s] /yoʊˈhɑ nəs/ , 1874–1957, German physicist: Nobel prize 1919.
[12] John, 1728–1822, American Revolutionary War general.
[13] (usually prenominal) devoid of any elaboration; blunt the stark facts
[14] grim; desolate a stark landscape
[15] (usually prenominal) utter; absolute stark folly
[16] archaic severe; violent
[17] archaic , or poetic rigid, as in death (esp in the phrases stiff and stark, stark dead )
[18] short for stark-naked
[19] completely stark mad
[20] (stɑːk ) Dame Freya (Madeline ) (ˈfreɪə). 1893–1993, British traveller and writer, whose many books include The Southern Gates of Arabia (1936), Beyond Euphrates (1951), and The Journey's Echo (1963)
[21] (German ʃtark ) Johannes (joˈhanəs). 1874–1957, German physicist, who discovered the splitting of the lines of a spectrum when the source of light is subjected to a strong electrostatic field (Stark effect , 1913): Nobel prize for physics 1919

Words related to Starkness

starksimple, blunt, desolate, austere, harsh, depressing, grim, bleak, abrupt, arrant, bald, bare, blessed, complete, confounded, consummate, downright, entire, firm, flagrant

Words nearby Starkness

starkstarfished, starflower, starfucker, stargaze, stargazer, stark, stark effect, stark raving mad, stark-naked, starker, starkers

Origin of Starkness

before 900; (adj.) Middle English; Old English stearc stiff, firm; cognate with German stark strong; akin to Old Norse sterkr strong; akin to starch, stare; (adv.) Middle English sterke, derivative of the adj.

Other words from Starkness

stark·ly , adverb
stark·ness , noun

Word origin for Starkness

Old English stearc stiff; related to Old Norse sterkr , Gothic gastaurknan to stiffen

Synonyms for Starkness

baldness, bareness, economy, plainness, primitiveness, rusticism, severity, simplicity, spareness, dourness, spartanism, unadornment