[syn: bareness, starkness]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Bareness \Bare"ness\, n.
The state of being bare.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
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]