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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | without covering |
| Synonyms: | au naturel, bald, bare, bare-skinned, bared, barren, defenseless, denuded, disrobed, divested, exposed, helpless, in birthday suit, in dishabille, in the altogether, in the buff, in the raw, leafless, natural, nude, open, peeled, raw, stark-naked, stripped, threadbare, unclad, unclothed, unconcealed, uncovered, undraped, undressed, unprotected, unveiled, vulnerable, without a stitch |
| Antonyms: | clothed |
| Main Entry: | bald |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | having no covering |
| Synonyms: | baldheaded, bare, barren, depilated, exposed, glabrous, hairless, head*, naked, shaven, skin head, smooth, stark, uncovered |
| Antonyms: | hairy, hirsute |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | bare |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | without clothing |
| Synonyms: | bald, bareskinned, denuded, disrobed, divested, exposed, in one's birthday suit, naked, nude, peeled, shorn, stripped, unclad, unclothed, uncovered, undressed, unrobed |
| Notes: | bare is to uncover or reveal or to expose; bear is to hold up, support, transport - or an animal |
| Antonyms: | clothed, robed |
| Main Entry: | barefaced |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | shameless; open |
| Synonyms: | apparent, arrant, audacious, blatant, blunt, bold, brash, brassy, brazen, candid, clear, flagrant, frank, glaring, immodest, impudent, insolent, manifest, naked, obvious, palpable, temerarious, transparent, unabashed, unconcealed |
| Antonyms: | careful, quiet, shamed |
| Main Entry: | bereft |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | lacking; missing |
| Synonyms: | beggared, bereaved, cut off, deprived, destitute, devoid, dispossessed, divested, fleeced, impoverished, left without, minus, naked, parted from, robbed, shorn, stripped, wanting, without |
| Antonyms: | full, happy |
| Main Entry: | blatant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | obvious; brazen |
| Synonyms: | arrant, bald, barefaced, brassy, clear, conspicuous, crying, flagrant, flashy, flaunting, garish, gaudy, glaring, glitzy, impudent, loud, meretricious, naked, obtrusive, ostentatious, outright, overbold, overt, plain, prominent, pronounced, protrusive, screaming, shameless, sheer, showy, snazzy, unabashed, unblushing, unmitigated |
| Notes: | flagrant implies shocking and reprehensible, while blatant is obvious, contrived, and usually obnoxious; flagrant is a stronger term than blatant |
| Antonyms: | inconspicuous, quiet, subtle, unpronounced |
| Main Entry: | defenseless |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | powerless, vulnerable |
| Synonyms: | caught, endangered, exposed, hands tied, helpless, in line of fire, indefensible, like a clay pigeon, like a sitting duck, naked*, on the line, on the spot, open, out on limb, pigeon, poor, unarmed, unguarded, unprotected, up the creek, weak, wide open |
| Antonyms: | powerful, strong |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | dry |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dull, uninteresting |
| Synonyms: | apathetic, blah, boring, bromidic, draggy, dreary, dull as dishwater, dusty, ho hum, impassive, inelaborate, insipid, matter-of-fact, modest, monotonous, naked, phlegmatic, plain, simple, tedious, tiresome, trite, weariful, wearisome |
| Antonyms: | exciting, interesting, juicy, lively, untiring |
| Main Entry: | exposed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | made public |
| Synonyms: | apparent, bare, bared, brought to light, caught, clear, debunked, defined, denuded, disclosed, discovered, divulged, dug up, evident, exhibited, for show, found out, laid bare, made manifest, manifest, naked, on display, on the spot, on view, open, peeled, resolved, revealed, shown, solved, stripped, unconcealed, uncovered, unhidden, unmasked, unprotected, unsealed, unsheltered, unveiled, visible |
| Antonyms: | concealed, guarded, private, protected, secret |
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