noun
Meaning 1
The state of being bare.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
bareness
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈbɛə.nəs/
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General-American: /ˈbɛɚ.nəs/
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Australian: /ˈbeː.nəs/
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New-Zealand: /ˈbeə.nəs/ without the cheer–chair merger
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/ˈbiə.nəs/ New Zealand, cheer–chair merger
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Scotland: /ˈbeɹ.nəs/
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/ˈbɜː(ɹ).nəs/ Lancashire, fair–fur merger
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Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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rhymes with -ɛə(ɹ)nəs
noun
Meaning 2
an extreme lack of furnishings or ornamentation
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- I was struck by the starkness of my father's room
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: starkness
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: plainness
noun
Meaning 3
the state of being unclothed and exposed (especially of a part of the body)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: nakedness, nudity, nudeness
noun
Meaning 4
a bleak and desolate atmosphere
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the nakedness of the landscape
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: bleakness, desolation, nakedness
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: gloom, gloominess, glumness
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English bare Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English bareness From bare + -ness.