Crossword clues for bareness
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Bareness \Bare"ness\, n. The state of being bare.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
early 15c., from bare (adj.) + -ness.
Wiktionary
n. The state of being bare.
WordNet
n. the state of being unclothed and exposed (especially of a part of the body)
an extreme lack of furnishings or ornamentation [syn: starkness]
Usage examples of "bareness".
France have made it no secret that those of England, as a general thing, are to their perception an inexpressive and speechless race, perpendicular and unsociable, unaddicted to enriching any bareness of contact with verbal or other embroidery.
That is still quite understandable to us, but in its bareness and occasional ineptitudes it seems halfway back to the limitations and lumberingness of Early English or Gothic.
Many things in the way of deciduous flowering shrubs may be grown with them, their bareness in winter and shade during summer favouring their enjoyment and growth.
She looked round the barenesses of the sitting-room and smiled to herself.
She could feel the abrasiveness of his wiry hair against her bareness where they touched, the scent of the liniment becoming as potent as perfume as they kissed wildly, and she wondered at the depth of her own love for him.
Not when all he had to do was look across the bareness of Chalmette field.
A blank stretch of canvas in an ornate picture frame was all that relieved the bareness of the peeling walls, and as Harry passed it he thought he heard someone, who was lurking out of sight, snigger.