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bareness

noun

1. a bleak and desolate atmosphere

- the nakedness of the landscape

• Derivationally related forms: ↑desolate (for: ↑desolation), ↑bleak (for: ↑bleakness)

• Hypernyms: ↑gloom, ↑gloominess, ↑glumness

2. the state of being unclothed and exposed (especially of a part of the body)

• Derivationally related forms: ↑bare

• Hypernyms: ↑nakedness, ↑nudity, ↑nudeness

3. an extreme lack of furnishings or ornamentation

- I was struck by the starkness of my father's room

• Syn: ↑starkness

• Derivationally related forms: ↑stark (for: ↑starkness), ↑bare

• Hypernyms: ↑plainness

Useful english dictionary. 2012.