Antonyms for barest
Grammar : Adj |
Spell : bair |
Phonetic Transcription : bɛər |
Definition of barest
Origin :- Old English barian, from bare (adj.). Related: Bared; baring.
- adj without clothing
- adj without covering or content
- adj simple, unadorned
- It was perfectly legal to arrest that man on the barest suspicion.
- Extract from : « The Secret Agent » by Joseph Conrad
- A third put on the barest trace of solar-system drive to get clear of the rest.
- Extract from : « Pariah Planet » by Murray Leinster
- In Mandeville, and in Kaye, it is presented only in its barest and starkest form.
- Extract from : « A Letter to Dion » by Bernard Mandeville
- Her 309 fingers touched his chin––the barest ghost of a caressing contact.
- Extract from : « Once to Every Man » by Larry Evans
- She looked over his head with the barest shade of disdain in her expression.
- Extract from : « Out of the Depths » by Robert Ames Bennet
- It was the barest cabin I was ever in—uncarpeted, with no other seats than the little benches.
- Extract from : « The Frozen Pirate » by W. Clark Russell
- They existed for the barest fraction of a second, then vanished.
- Extract from : « The Status Civilization » by Robert Sheckley
- And then, in the barest instant of time, there was no Thett.
- Extract from : « Invaders from the Infinite » by John Wood Campbell
- "After all the whole of this is but the barest suspicion," he said.
- Extract from : « A Girl of the Commune » by George Alfred Henty
- That sounds like the barest sort of platitude, but have patience.
- Extract from : « Hidden from the Prudent » by Paul Jones
Synonyms for barest
- arid
- austere
- bald
- bareskinned
- barren
- basic
- blank
- bleak
- blunt
- chaste
- clear
- cold
- denuded
- desert
- desolate
- disrobed
- divested
- empty
- essential
- exposed
- hard
- in one's birthday suit
- lacking
- literal
- meager
- mean
- mere
- modest
- naked
- nude
- open
- peeled
- poor
- scant
- scanty
- scarce
- severe
- sheer
- shorn
- simple
- spare
- stark
- stripped
- unclad
- unclothed
- uncovered
- undressed
- unembellished
- unfurnished
- unornamented
- unrobed
- vacant
- vacuous
- void
- wanting
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