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Noun: bareness  behr-nus
  1. The state of being unclothed and exposed (especially of a part of the body)
    "The bareness of the trees in winter created a stark landscape"
     
  2. An extreme lack of furnishings or ornamentation
    "I was struck by the bareness of my father's room";
    - starkness
     
  3. A bleak and desolate atmosphere
    "the bareness of the landscape";
    - bleakness, desolation, nakedness

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

Encyclopedia: Bareness