bare, naked, nude, bald, barren mean deprived of naturally or conventionally appropriate covering.
bare implies the removal of what is additional, superfluous, ornamental, or dispensable.
an apartment with bare walls
naked suggests absence of protective or ornamental covering but may imply a state of nature, of destitution, or of defenselessness.
poor half-naked children
nude applies especially to the unclothed human figure.
a nude model posing for art students
bald implies actual or seeming absence of natural covering and may suggest a conspicuous bareness.
a bald mountain peak
barren often suggests aridity or impoverishment or sterility.
barren plains
Example Sentences
Adjective Few creatures can thrive on these barren mountaintops. The book was good, but I found the barren lives of the characters depressing. Noun lived out in the barrens where it was impossible to grow anything
Recent Examples on the Web
Adjective
Xbox is in deep trouble, we are told, because the Xbox release landscape is now so barren compared to Sony’s 2022. Erik Kain, Forbes, 13 May 2022 Some quick notes: Come ready to play, as motion-capture stages can be barren. Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 1 Aug. 2022 Roughly two weeks into the 2022 edition of NBA free agency, the market is already barren. Bryan Toporek, Forbes, 12 July 2022 The parking lot was barren, as if nothing had happened. Kyle Casey Chu, Vogue, 1 July 2022 The site where the Champlain Towers South condominium once stood in Surfside has been barren for the better part of a year. Natalia Galicza, Sun Sentinel, 24 June 2022 Over the past four years, the roadster has traveled nearly 2 billion miles and completed about 2.6 loops around the sun, mostly through a barren, empty vacuum, according to the website. Jackie Wattles, CNN, 8 Feb. 2022 For years, the space was barren, décor-wise—mattress on the ground, no table. Alexandra Schwartz, The New Yorker, 27 Sep. 2021 Meanwhile, some supermarkets have barren shelves due to the farmers also targeting distribution centers earlier this month.Fox News, 10 July 2022 See More
Word History
Etymology
Adjective
Middle English bareine, from Anglo-French barain, perhaps of Celtic origin; akin to Middle Welsh brynar fallow land
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