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Synonyms for barrenness
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : bar-uhn |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈbær ən |
Top 10 synonyms for barrenness
Définition of barrenness
Origin :- late 14c., literal; mid-14c., figurative (of spiritual emptiness), from barren + -ness.
- noun sterility
- noun desolateness
- The barrenness of the Causses arises, as will be seen, from natural causes.
- Extract from : « The Roof of France » by Matilda Betham-Edwards
- Nature seemed to try to conceal the barrenness of the spot with beauty.
- Extract from : « The Bay State Monthly, Vol. 1, Issue 1. » by Various
- Directly ahead was a land of desolation, radiant in its barrenness.
- Extract from : « Two Thousand Miles Below » by Charles Willard Diffin
- We are struck with the aspect of barrenness caused by the absence of vegetation.
- Extract from : « Aztec Land » by Maturin M. Ballou
- You will love it through all its barrenness, and never part with it.
- Extract from : « Luttrell Of Arran » by Charles James Lever
- Then upon the earth did there come dearth and drought and barrenness.
- Extract from : « A Book of Myths » by Jean Lang
- Whatever may be our experience of failure and barrenness, He is never defeated.
- Extract from : « The Calvary Road » by Roy Hession
- My love of good is damned to barrenness; it may, and let it be!
- Extract from : « Stories By English Authors: Germany » by Various
- Not a solitary vestige of anything green was there to enliven the barrenness.
- Extract from : « Culm Rock » by Glance Gaylord
- The house was barrenness itself—no shades, no curtains, no decorations of any kind.
- Extract from : « The New Education » by Scott Nearing
Antonyms for barrenness
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