[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]