bareness

2 definitions found

bareness - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Bareness \Bare"ness\, n.
     The state of being bare.
     [1913 Webster]

bareness - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  bareness
      n 1: a bleak and desolate atmosphere; "the nakedness of the
           landscape" [syn: bleakness, desolation, bareness,
           nakedness]
      2: the state of being unclothed and exposed (especially of a
         part of the body)
      3: an extreme lack of furnishings or ornamentation; "I was
         struck by the starkness of my father's room" [syn:
         bareness, starkness]