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1. A bleak and desolate atmosphere
   "the bareness of the landscape";
   - bleakness, desolation, 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 bareness of my father's room";
   - starkness

Type of: altogether [informal], birthday suit [informal], gloom, gloominess, glumness, nakedness, nudeness, nudity, plainness, raw [informal]

Encyclopedia: Bareness