What on earth do they think they are doing, this legion of barers of poets' souls: apart, of course, from making a few bob for, and enhancing the reputations of, their publishers and themselves?
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Barer
Synonyms for "barer" (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)
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All three parallel valleys of the Llynvi, Garw and Ogmore are much the same in physical character: the lower reaches are wooded and not unattractive, but as the railway climbs on ever-steepening grades, the hills on either hand grow barer and closer together, while in all respects the scene becomes more sombre, with the terraced, slate-roofed colliery towns and the road, railway and river all struggling for space in the narrowing defiles.
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