NOUN | location | barren, waste, wasteland | an uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation |
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ADJECTIVE | all | barren, bare, bleak, desolate, stark | providing no shelter or sustenance |
all | barren | not bearing offspring | |
all | barren, destitute, devoid, free, innocent | completely wanting or lacking |
Sounds | bae'rahn; beh'rahn | |
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Rhymes | Aachen ... Zukerman: 2572 rhymes with ahn... |
Meaning | Providing no shelter or sustenance. | |
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Example | "barren lands" | |
Synonyms | bare, bleak, desolate, stark | |
Broader | inhospitable | unfavorable to life or growth |
Spanish | árido, desértico, desierto, desolado, estéril, yermo | |
Catalan | àrid, desert, desèrtic, desolat, erm, estèril | |
Nouns | barren | an uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation |
barrenness | the quality of yielding nothing of value |
Meaning | not bearing offspring. | |
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Example | "a barren woman" | |
Broader | sterile, unfertile, infertile | incapable of reproducing |
Spanish | estéril, infértil | |
Catalan | estèril | |
Nouns | barrenness | the state (usually of a woman) of having no children or being unable to have children |
Meaning | Completely wanting or lacking. | |
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Example | "writing barren of insight" | |
Synonyms | destitute, devoid, free, innocent | |
Broader | nonexistent | not having existence or being or actuality |
Spanish | desprovista, desprovisto | |
Catalan | desproveït |
Meaning | An uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation. | |
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Example | "the barrens of central Africa" | |
Synonyms | waste, wasteland | |
Narrower | heath, heathland | A tract of level wasteland |
Broader | wilderness, wild | A wild and uninhabited area left in its natural condition |
Spanish | baldío, desierto, yermo | |
Catalan | erm, terra erma | |
Adjectives | barren | providing no shelter or sustenance |
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