BARRENNESS Synonyms
There are 6 hypernyms of the word barrenness. (close relations)
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| aridity | nounn | |||||
noun • the quality of yielding nothing of value • a deficiency of moisture (especially when resulting from a permanent absence of rainfall) | ||||||
| bleakness | nounn | |||||
noun • a bleak and desolate atmosphere | ||||||
| dearth | nounn | |||||
noun • an acute insufficiency • an insufficient quantity or number | ||||||
| desolation | nounn | |||||
noun • the state of being decayed or destroyed • a bleak and desolate atmosphere • sadness resulting from being forsaken or abandoned • an event that results in total destruction | ||||||
| emptiness | nounn | |||||
noun • the state of containing nothing • having an empty stomach • an empty area or space • the quality of being valueless or futile | ||||||
| infertility | nounn | |||||
noun • the state of being unable to produce offspring; in a woman it is an inability to conceive; in a man it is an inability to impregnate | ||||||
| poverty | nounn | |||||
noun • the state of having little or no money and few or no material possessions | ||||||
| sterility | nounn | |||||
noun • (of non-living objects) the state of being free of pathogenic organisms • the state of being unable to produce offspring; in a woman it is an inability to conceive; in a man it is an inability to impregnate | ||||||
| fruitlessness | nounn | |||||
noun • a lack of creative imagination • the quality of yielding nothing of value | ||||||
