A bare word of criticism makes her nervous.
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Bare
//bɛə//
Synonyms for "bare" (369 found)
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Closest matches (74)
Strong matches (111)
disclosediscloseddiscoverdismantledismaskdisrobedistilleddivestdivesteddivulgedog eareddog-eareddraw the veildried-updrydullelementaryemptiedessentialexhausted
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exhibitfeaturelessfistfightfleecefrankfreefundamentalgauntgymnosophicalhairlesshardhatlesshollowhomelyhomespunhomogeneousimpartin native buffin puris naturalibusin the altogetherin the buffin the rawinaneindivisibleinsipidirreduciblelay barelay openleanlet daylight inlet outlifelessliteralmanifestmarginalmatter-of-factmeagermeagreminimalmonolithicnaturalnaturisticneatnudenudistnullnull and voidof a pieceopenopen as dayopen to allopen upout-and-outovertpatefypeeledplainplain spokenplain-speakingplain-spokenpluckprimalprimaryprosaicprosing
Adjective(16 words)
Determiner(1 words)
Related words (184)
prosypublicizepurepure and simplepurifiedraise the curtainrawrectifiedremoverevealrevealedruderusticscantseresevereshearsheershelfwornshopworn
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shornshowshow upsimon puresimon-puresimple-speakingsinglesmoothsobersparespartanstarkstark nakedstark-nakedsterilestraightstraightforwardstripstrip baretellthreadbaretimewornunadornedunadulteratedunaffectedunalloyedunarrayedunattiredunblendedunblockuncaseuncladunclassifiedunclenchuncloakuncloguncloggedunclosedunclothedunclutchuncluttereduncombineduncomplicateduncompoundedunconcealeduncorkuncorrupteduncoveruncovereduncurtainundeckedundecoratedundifferencedundifferentiatedundilutedundisguisedundoundrapeundrapedundressundressedunenhancedunfilledunfinishedunfoldunfortifiedunfoulunfurbishedunfurlungarnishedunhiddenuniformunimaginativeunkennelunlatchunleavenedunlockunmaskunmingledunmixedunobstructedunornamentedunpackunplugunpoeticalunrelievedunrestrictedunrobedunrollunroofedunscreenunsealunsheatheunsheathedunshodunshroudunshutunsophisticatedunstopunstoppedunsupplieduntingeduntrimmedunvarnishedunveilunwrapvacantvacuityvacuousvoicelessvoidwell-wornwhitewide openwide-openwith nothing insidewith nothing onwithout a stitchwithout contentwornworn raggedworn to ragsworn to threadsworn-down
Adjective(24 words)
quietsevereshabbyspartanstrippedstripped downunadornedunconcealedundeckedundecoratedundressedunembellishedunextravagantunfurnishedungarnisheduninsuredunornamentedunstockedunsupplieduntrimmed
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Adverb(1 words)
Related word relations
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4 entriesAntonyms
6 entriesSynonyms
17 entriesShowing 16 of 17 words.
derived
96 entriesShowing 16 of 96 words.
distinct from
1 entriesform of
1 entrieshas context
4 entriesinstance of
1 entriesis a
1 entriesmanner of
1 entriesrelated to
18 entriesShowing 16 of 18 words.
similar
23 entriesShowing 16 of 23 words.
Translations
154 translations across 44 languages.
Ancient Greek
4 entries- γυμνός adj (naked, uncovered)
- ψιλός adj (minimal)
- ψιλός adj (naked, uncovered)
- ψιλός adj (having had what usually covers (something) removed)
Armenian
2 entries- մերկ adj (naked, uncovered)
- տկլոր adj (naked, uncovered)
Basque
1 entries- has adj (naked, uncovered)
Bulgarian
4 entries- гол adj (naked, uncovered)
- най-малък adj (minimal)
- непокрит adj (naked, uncovered)
- неукрасен adj (having no decoration)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 裸 adj (naked, uncovered)
- 赤裸 adj (naked, uncovered)
Danish
1 entries- bar adj (naked, uncovered)
Dutch
2 entries- bloot adj (naked, uncovered)
- kaal adj (having no decoration)
Esperanto
1 entries- nuda adj (naked, uncovered)
Faroese
1 entries- berur adj (naked, uncovered)
Finnish
4 entries- paljas adj (naked, uncovered)
- paljas adj (having no decoration)
- paljas adj (having had what usually covers (something) removed)
- pelkkä adj (minimal)
French
3 entries- minimal adj (minimal)
- nu adj (naked, uncovered)
- nue adj (naked, uncovered)
German
2 entries- bar adj (naked, uncovered)
- nackt adj (naked, uncovered)
Gothic
1 entries- 𐌽𐌰𐌵𐌰𐌸𐍃 adj (naked, uncovered)
Hungarian
4 entries- csekély adj (minimal)
- csomó adj (slang words meaning "lot or lots of")
- csupasz adj (naked, uncovered)
- csupasz adj (having no supplies)
Icelandic
1 entries- bera verb (to uncover, reveal)
Ingrian
3 entries- paljakas adj (naked, uncovered)
- paljas adj (naked, uncovered)
- paljastaa verb (to uncover, reveal)
Irish
4 entries- lom adj (naked, uncovered)
- lom adj (having no supplies)
- lom adj (having no decoration)
- lom adj (having had what usually covers (something) removed)
Italian
4 entries- basilare adj (minimal)
- grezzo adj (having no decoration)
- nuda adj (naked, uncovered)
- nudo adj (naked, uncovered)
Kabuverdianu
2 entries- inban adj (minimal)
- inban adj (having no supplies)
Korean
1 entries- 맨 adj (naked, uncovered)
Latin
4 entries- nuda adj (naked, uncovered)
- nudum adj (naked, uncovered)
- nudus adj (naked, uncovered)
- nudo verb (to uncover, reveal)
Latvian
2 entries- pliks adj (naked, uncovered)
- pliks adj (having no decoration)
Manx
2 entries- lhome adj (minimal)
- lhome adj (naked, uncovered)
Māori
2 entries- whakapakiri verb (to uncover, reveal)
- whakatetē verb (to uncover, reveal)
Norman
1 entries- nu adj (naked, uncovered)
Norwegian Bokmål
4 entries- bar adj (naked, uncovered)
- bar adj (having no decoration)
- bar adj (having had what usually covers (something) removed)
- flein adj (having had what usually covers (something) removed)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- naken adj (naked, uncovered)
Old English
1 entries- bær adj (naked, uncovered)
Ottoman Turkish
2 entries- عریان adj (naked, uncovered)
- قورو adj (minimal)
Persian
2 entries- برهنه adj (naked, uncovered)
- لخت adj (having no decoration)
Polish
1 entries- goły adj (having had what usually covers (something) removed)
Portuguese
2 entries- nu adj (naked, uncovered)
- no pelo adv (without condom)
Russian
4 entries- го́лый adj (naked, uncovered)
- го́лый adj (having no decoration)
- едва́ доста́точный adj (minimal)
- пусто́й adj (having no decoration)
Sanskrit
1 entries- ऋक्ष adj (naked, uncovered)
Scottish Gaelic
4 entries- lom adj (minimal)
- lom adj (naked, uncovered)
- lom adj (having no supplies)
- lom adj (having no decoration)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- go adj (naked, uncovered)
- nag adj (naked, uncovered)
Spanish
4 entries- desnudo adj (naked, uncovered)
- desnudo adj (having no decoration)
- desnudo adj (having had what usually covers (something) removed)
- moroncho adj (having had what usually covers (something) removed)
Swedish
2 entries- bar adj (naked, uncovered)
- bar adj (having had what usually covers (something) removed)
Tagalog
2 entries- hubad adj (naked, uncovered)
- nahubaran adj (having had what usually covers (something) removed)
Turkish
1 entries- çıplak adj (naked, uncovered)
Vietnamese
3 entries- trơ adj (naked, uncovered)
- trần adj (naked, uncovered)
- trụi adj (naked, uncovered)
Volapük
2 entries- nüdik adj (naked, uncovered)
- nüdükön verb (to uncover, reveal)
Walloon
1 entries- nou adj (naked, uncovered)
West-Frisian
1 entries- keal adj (naked, uncovered)
Sample sentences
44 total sentences available.
It won't be long before the trees are bare.
Source: tatoeba (32414)
That would be twenty-seven words instead of four, and while the bare message of the longer statement would be understood, the persuasive force would be lost.
Source: tatoeba (41280)
The hill is bare of trees.
Source: tatoeba (47729)
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