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The state or condition of being naked; nudity; bareness; defenselessness; undisguisedness.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
characterized by an attitude of ready accessibility (especially about one's actions or purposes); without concealment; not secretive
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: openness
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: sociability, sociableness
the state of being without clothing or covering of any kind
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: nudity, nudeness
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: condition, status
Narrower terms: nude, raw, altogether, birthday suit, undress, bareness
a bleak and desolate atmosphere
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the nakedness of the landscape
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: bleakness, desolation, bareness
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: gloom, gloominess, glumness
From Middle English nakednesse, from Old English nacodnes (“nakedness”); equivalent to naked + -ness. Cognate with West Frisian neakenens (“nakedness”).
Across languages
Translations
49 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Abkhaz:
аҟьантазра
(aqjʼantʼazra)
— state of being naked
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Abkhaz:
ацәҳәынта́ԥсра
(acwḥwəntʼápsra)
— state of being naked
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Albanian:
lakuriqësi
— state of being naked
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Catalan:
nuesa
— state of being naked
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Chinese Mandarin:
裸體 /裸体
(luǒtǐ)
— state of being naked
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Chinese Mandarin:
赤裸
(chìluǒ)
— state of being naked
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Danish:
nøgenhed
— state of being naked
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Dutch:
naaktheid
— state of being naked
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Esperanto:
nudeco
— state of being naked
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Estonian:
alastiolek
— state of being naked
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Finnish:
alastomuus
— state of being naked
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French:
nudité
— state of being naked
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German:
Nacktheit
— state of being naked
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Gothic:
𐌽𐌰𐌵𐌰𐌳𐌴𐌹
(naqadei)
— state of being naked
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Greek:
γύμνια
(gýmnia)
— state of being naked
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Ancient Greek:
γυμνότης
(gumnótēs)
— state of being naked
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Gujarati:
નાગાપણુ
(nāgāpṇu)
— state of being naked
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Hindi:
नंगापन
(naṅgāpan)
— state of being naked
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Hungarian:
meztelenség
— state of being naked
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Icelandic:
nekt
— state of being naked
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Indonesian:
ketelanjangan
— state of being naked
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Italian:
nudezza
— state of being naked
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Italian:
nudità
— state of being naked
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Japanese:
裸体
(ratai)
— state of being naked
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Korean:
벌거숭이
(beolgeosung'i)
— state of being naked
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Macedonian:
го́лота
(gólota)
— state of being naked
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Macedonian:
голо́тија
(golótija)
— state of being naked
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Marathi:
नागडेपणा
(nāgḍepṇā)
— state of being naked
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Middle English:
nakedhed
— state of being naked
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Middle English:
nakednesse
— state of being naked
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Norwegian Bokmål:
nakenhet
— state of being naked
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Ottawa:
bgwaashaagdiwin
— state of being naked
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Pashto:
لوڅ تيا
(luśtyâ)
— state of being naked
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Persian:
برهنگی
(berahnegi)
— state of being naked
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Polish:
nagość
— state of being naked
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Portuguese:
nudez
— state of being naked
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Russian:
нагота́
(nagotá)
— state of being naked
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Russian:
обнажённость
(obnažónnostʹ)
— state of being naked
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Scottish Gaelic:
luime
— state of being naked
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Scottish Gaelic:
lomnochd
— state of being naked
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Scottish Gaelic:
nochd
— state of being naked
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Serbo-Croatian:
golotinja
— state of being naked
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Serbo-Croatian:
goloća
— state of being naked
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Spanish:
desnudez
— state of being naked
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Tajik:
бараҳнагӣ
(barahnagi)
— state of being naked
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Telugu:
నగ్నత్వం
(nagnatvaṁ)
— state of being naked
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Turkish:
çıplaklık
— state of being naked
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Ottoman Turkish:
عریانلق
(ʼuryanlık)
— state of being naked
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Ukrainian:
оголеність
(oholenistʹ)
— state of being naked
