BARENESS Synonyms: 35 Similar and Opposite Words

bareness

noun

Definition of bareness

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. — José Criales-Unzueta, Vanity Fair, 7 Mar. 2026 Clothes felt sensuous without overt sexuality and bareness. — Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 17 Sep. 2025

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Noun

What makes this emptiness more bothersome is the cavalier way Wingard wields the imagery of rogue, militarized killers wreaking havoc on the American landscape.

— Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 2026
Bring In Texture Layering décor is a sure way to absorb a room’s visual emptiness.

— Shagun Khare, Martha Stewart, 29 Aug. 2026

Definition of emptiness

Noun

The tight cropping in the monochrome nudes isolates slopes, folds, shadowed recesses and curved planes that hover between landscape and abstraction.

— Tara Anne Dalbow, Los Angeles Times, 3 Sep. 2026
Some historians point to one of Leonardo’s sketches from about the same time that show a David-like nude with a leaf over its groin, arguing that Leonardo wanted Michelangelo’s masterpiece modestly concealed.

— Alicja Zelazko, Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of nude

Noun

Chloe Webb’s performance as Nancy Spungen, the junkie girlfriend who Sid probably murdered (the role of Nancy was originally supposed to go to Courtney Love), is breathtaking in the nakedness of its emotion.

— Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 15 Aug. 2026
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

Definition of nakedness

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