starkness

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

starkness
    n 1: the quality of being complete or utter or extreme; "the
         starkness of his contrast between justice and fairness was
         open to many objections" [syn: {starkness}, {absoluteness},
         {utterness}]
    2: an extreme lack of furnishings or ornamentation; "I was
       struck by the starkness of my father's room" [syn:
       {bareness}, {starkness}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Starkness \Stark"ness\, n.
   The quality or state of being stark.
   [1913 Webster]