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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
Di Felice makes very sexy clothes, but at times the bareness crosses the line between aspirationally hot and inconceivably bare.
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José Criales-Unzueta, Vanity Fair, 7 Mar. 2026
Clothes felt sensuous without overt sexuality and bareness.
—Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 17 Sep. 2025
José Criales-Unzueta, Vanity Fair, 7 Mar. 2026
Clothes felt sensuous without overt sexuality and bareness.
—Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 17 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bareness
Noun
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The Tuesday parking shortage and the Monday emptiness are not anomalies to correct.—
Chase Garbarino,
Fortune,
15 May 2026
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Lift up your eyes unto the hills, and behold all that delightful emptiness.—
Patt Morrison,
Los Angeles Times,
6 May 2026
Noun
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The Swedish Film Institute’s Cinemateket, meanwhile, hosted Svenska Synden – a retrospective examining how Swedish cinema’s permissive approach to nudity and sexuality became an international phenomenon that alarmed censors around the world.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
19 May 2026
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In other corners, opinions ran hot about rampant nudity in the Austrian Pavilion.—
Sebastian Smee,
The Atlantic,
16 May 2026
Noun
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The court system will have to sort out the mess here, but there are some tough lessons to be learned from following your heart down a path that leaves you in a spot where nudes are allegedly flying around.—
Sean Joseph OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
14 May 2026
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The heeled sandals also come in a huge range of colors, including an impressive selection of nudes and metallics that’ll look great with event dresses.—
Malia Griggs,
Glamour,
14 May 2026
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But the figurine’s nakedness could have been more practical than erotic – to show bodily changes during pregnancy, for instance.—
Anna Swartwood House,
The Conversation,
2 Mar. 2026
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Alas, a child exposed the collective delusion and the emperor’s nakedness.—
Voice of the People,
New York Daily News,
12 Jan. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Bareness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bareness. Accessed 24 May. 2026.
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