starkly
adjectiveHow many syllables in starkly?
There are 2 syllables in the word starkly.How to pronounce starkly:
Definition of starkly:
- starkly (adjective):
- rigid in or as if in death
Synonyms for starkly:
austere
black
bleak
cold
dark
dour
fierce
flinty
forbidding
grim
gruff
hardened
hostile
intimidating
louring
lowering
rough
rugged
severe
somber
steely
stern
stubborn
ungentle
Antonyms for starkly:
ambiguously
indefinitely
partially
Here are some other common 2-syllable words.
- starboard
- stanzas
- standeth
- stammered
- stamen
- stalwarts
- stalling
- stalked
- staging
- stabbed
- squidward
- squeam
- squatting
- squatted
- spryer
- sprucely
- sprouted
- sprinkles
- sprier
- spongy
- splitting
- splinter
- splendour
- spiteful
- spiralled
- spigot
- spica
- speller
- speeching
- specie
- specials
- spasm
- sparkling
- sparger
- spareness
- spalpeen
- spaceship
- sowma
- sowing
- sowers
- southern
- souffle
- sotries
- sorreal
- sorcha
- sonnets
- sondous
- sonder
- something
- soma
- … more
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