barrenness C2 Topic:Nature & Landscape Freq #128007 Meanings 1 noun the quality of yielding nothing of value The barrenness of the plain made farming difficult. 2 noun the state (usually of a woman) of having no children or being unable to have children The barrenness of the plain made farming difficult. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · the quality of yielding... fruitlessness ↔ Opposites fertilityfruitfulnessabundance Etymology From Middle English bareynnesse; equivalent to barren + -ness. Topics Nature & Landscape External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # barrenness **Type:** Word **Level:** C2 **Part of speech:** noun **Frequency rank:** 128007 ## Meanings 1. the quality of yielding nothing of value 2. the state (usually of a woman) of having no children or being unable to have children ## Examples - The barrenness of the plain made farming difficult. - The barrenness of the plain made farming difficult. ## Synonyms - fruitlessness ## Antonyms - fertility - fruitfulness - abundance ## Etymology From Middle English bareynnesse; equivalent to barren + -ness. ## Topics - Nature & Landscape markdown