1. (

• bleakness ,
• desolation ,
• bareness ,
• nakedness ,

) a bleak and desolate atmosphere; "the nakedness of the landscape" ;

2. (

• bareness

) the state of being unclothed and exposed (especially of a part of the body) ;

3. (

• bareness ,
• starkness

) an extreme lack of furnishings or ornamentation; "I was struck by the starkness of my father's room" ;