Synonyms for bareness


Grammar : Noun
Spell : bair
Phonetic Transcription : bɛər


Définition of bareness

Origin :
  • early 15c., from bare (adj.) + -ness.
  • noun state of being unclothed
Example sentences :
  • And he liked East Wellmouth, bareness and bleakness and lonesomeness and all.
  • Extract from : « Galusha the Magnificent » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • No doubt this is a partial explanation of the bareness of American politics.
  • Extract from : « A Preface to Politics » by Walter Lippmann
  • That was a sort of pity for the incompleteness of her mother's life; the bareness of it.
  • Extract from : « Mary Ware's Promised Land » by Annie Fellows Johnston
  • The little white-curtained room was bareness and neatness itself.
  • Extract from : « Robert Elsmere » by Mrs. Humphry Ward
  • She found that the sitting-room lacked the bareness of dormitory rooms.
  • Extract from : « Hester's Counterpart » by Jean K. Baird
  • They talked cheerily, and did not appear to notice the bareness of the room.
  • Extract from : « An Arrow in a Sunbeam » by Various
  • The room was not large, but its bareness of furniture made it appear so.
  • Extract from : « Mary Barton » by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
  • When I say the bareness I mean the absence of woods and hedges.
  • Extract from : « A Little Tour in France » by Henry James
  • There the puzzle was laid out in all its bareness and meagreness.
  • Extract from : « With Wellington in Spain » by F. S. Brereton
  • The bareness of it, the implication of it, gave a shock, as of a sudden accusation.
  • Extract from : « The Room with the Tassels » by Carolyn Wells

Antonyms for bareness

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