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Definitions for Barrenness
[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 Barrenness
barreninfertility, impotence, emptiness, bleakness, aridity, infecundity
Words nearby Barrenness
barrenbarreleye, barrelfish, barrelful, barrelhead, barrelhouse, barren, barren ground caribou, barren grounds, barren lands, barren strawberry, barrens
Origin of Barrenness
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 Barrenness
WORDS, THAT, MAY, BE, CONFUSED, WITH, barrenbarren, baron, baronet
Other words from Barrenness
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 Barrenness
C13: from Old French brahain , of uncertain origin
Synonyms for Barrenness
childlessness, fruitlessness, impotence, infertility, unproductiveness, infecundity, unfruitfulness