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Showing words for BARREN using the English dictionary

6 Letter Words for Barren

barren

5 Letter Words for Barren

aberr, abner, arber, barer, barre, narre, reban, rebar, reran

4 Letter Words for Barren

anre, aren, bane, bare, barn, barr, bean, bear, bena, bern, brae, bran, brer, earn, nabe, nare, narr, near, rane, rare, rean, rear

3 Letter Words for Barren

abn, abr, aer, ane, arb, are, arn, arr, bae, ban, bar, ben, ber, bra, brr, ean, ear, ebn, era, ern, err, nab, nae, nar, nbe, nea, neb, rab, ran, rea, reb, rna

Definitions for Barren

[1] not producing or incapable of producing offspring; sterile: a barren woman.
[2] unproductive; unfruitful: barren land.
[3] without capacity to interest or attract: a barren period in American architecture.
[4] mentally unproductive; dull; stupid.
[5] not producing results; fruitless: a barren effort.
[6] destitute; bereft; lacking (usually followed by of ): barren of tender feelings.
[7] Usually barrens. level or slightly rolling land, usually with a sandy soil and few trees, and relatively infertile.
[8] incapable of producing offspring, seed, or fruit; sterile a barren tree
[9] unable to support the growth of crops, etc; unproductive; bare barren land
[10] lacking in stimulation or ideas; dull a rather barren play
[11] not producing worthwhile results; unprofitable a barren period in a writer's life
[12] (foll by of) totally lacking (in); devoid (of) his speech was barren of wit
[13] (of rock strata) having no fossils

Words related to Barren

desolate, sterile, arid, parched, impoverished, infertile, empty, flat, dry, fallow, waste, desert, effete, fruitless, impotent, unfruitful, unproductive, infecund, unbearing, uncultivable

Words nearby Barren

barreleye, barrelfish, barrelful, barrelhead, barrelhouse, barren, barren ground caribou, barren grounds, barren lands, barren strawberry, barrens

Origin of Barren

1200–50; Middle English bareyn(e ), barayn(e ) < Anglo-French barai (gn)e, Old French brahaigne (French bréhaigne (of animals) sterile), akin to Spanish breña scrubby, uncultivated ground, Upper Italian barena land along a lagoon covered by high water; apparently < Celtic, compare Welsh braenar, Irish branar fallow land, but derivational details unclear

Words that may be confused with Barren

barren, baron, baronet

Other words from Barren

bar·ren·ly , adverb
bar·ren·ness , noun
un·bar·ren , adjective
un·bar·ren·ly , adverb
un·bar·ren·ness , noun

Word origin for Barren

C13: from Old French brahain , of uncertain origin

Synonyms for Barren

arid, desolate, empty, impoverished, infertile, parched, sterile, desert, dry, fallow, waste, depleted, effete, fruitless, impotent, infecund, unbearing, uncultivable, unfertile, unfruitful, unproductive