1
as in emptiness
the quality or state of being empty
the stark bareness of the refrigerator suggested it was time to go shopping
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as in nudity
the state of having no clothes on one's body
as she encountered more and more nude people at the resort, she became less conscious of her own bareness
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Recent Examples of bareness
Clothes felt sensuous without overt sexuality and bareness.
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Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 17 Sep. 2025
Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 17 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bareness
Noun
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By upholding his virtue and revealing the emptiness of evil, Ignatius Maloyan earned sainthood, joining the enduring Communion of witnesses.—
Jenni Fink,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Oct. 2025
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Critics see gleaming towers rising from desert sand and detect not ambition but emptiness — a city with an unlimited line of credit, but without a soul.—
Bobby Ghosh,
Time,
29 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Either way, there’s something wholesome about this movement, despite the partial nudity.—
Justin Williams,
New York Times,
26 Oct. 2025
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Naked bike rides as a form of protest are not uncommon in major cities across the USA, and in Oregon, public nudity is considered a legal form of protest.—
Robert Abitbol,
USA Today,
18 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The first trailer for the film, which IndieWire is sharing below, shows Good’s mother more comfortable nude in her home in the sweltering rainforest than shopping for bras at a department store.—
Brian Welk,
IndieWire,
29 Oct. 2025
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Chiles’ other shoe of choice so far has been the Arika Nerguiz Alameda style in a light nude.—
Karla Rodriguez,
Footwear News,
22 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Once the emperor’s nakedness becomes common knowledge, however, the coördination problem can be solved.—
Joshua Rothman,
New Yorker,
14 Oct. 2025
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Like John Cassavetes and Martin Scorsese, Jaglom knows how to push a scene into realms of such emotional nakedness that the viewer starts to feel like a voyeur looking in on relationships that are none of his or her business.—
Jim Hemphill,
IndieWire,
25 Sep. 2025
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“Bareness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bareness. Accessed 7 Nov. 2025.
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