What does barren mean in English? Meaning of barren definition and abbreviation with examples.
Meaning of "barren": an uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation
Noun
Meaning: an uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivationExample: the barrens of central Africa
the trackless wastes of the desertSynonyms: barren
waste
wastelandHyponyms: heath
heathlandHypernyms: wild
wildernessMeaning of "barren": providing no shelter or sustenance
Adjective
Meaning: providing no shelter or sustenanceExample: bare rocky hills
barren lands
the bleak treeless regions of the high Andes
the desolate surface of the moon
a stark landscapeSynonyms: bare
barren
bleak
desolate
starkSimilar: inhospitableMeaning of "barren": not bearing offspring
Adjective
Meaning: not bearing offspringExample: a barren woman
learned early in his marriage that he was sterileSynonyms: barrenSimilar: infertile
sterile
unfertileMeaning of "barren": completely wanting or lacking
Adjective
Meaning: completely wanting or lackingExample: writing barren of insight
young recruits destitute of experience
innocent of literary merit
the sentence was devoid of meaningSynonyms: barren
destitute
devoid
free
innocentSimilar: nonexistentAdjective: (not comparable) Unable to bear children; sterile. I silently wept as my daughter's husband rejected her. What would she do now that she was no longer a maiden but also barren?Of poor fertility, infertile; not producing vegetation. Thomas Macaulay (1800–1859) barren mountain tracts 2014 December 23, Olivia Judson, “The hemiparasite season [print version: Under the hemiparasite, International New York Times, 24–25 December 2014, p. 7]”, The New York Times: The druids […] believed that mistletoe could make barren animals fecund, and that it was an antidote to all poisons.Thomas Macaulay (1800–1859) barren mountain tracts2014 December 23, Olivia Judson, “The hemiparasite season [print version: Under the hemiparasite, International New York Times, 24–25 December 2014, p. 7]”, The New York Times: The druids […] believed that mistletoe could make barren animals fecund, and that it was an antidote to all poisons.Bleak. 1922, Michael Arlen, “Ep./4/2”, in “Piracy”: A Romantic Chronicle of These Days: As they turned into Hertford Street they startled a robin from the poet's head on a barren fountain, and he fled away with a cameo note.1922, Michael Arlen, “Ep./4/2”, in “Piracy”: A Romantic Chronicle of These Days: As they turned into Hertford Street they startled a robin from the poet's head on a barren fountain, and he fled away with a cameo note.Unproductive; fruitless; unprofitable; empty. William H. Prescott (1796-1859) brilliant but barren reveries Jonathan Swift (1667–1745) Some schemes will appear barren of hints and matter. 2011 September 2, Phil McNulty, “Bulgaria 0-3 England”, BBC: Rooney had been suffered a barren spell for England with only one goal in 15 games but he was in no mood to ignore the gifts on offer in front of an increasingly subdued Bulgarian support.William H. Prescott (1796-1859) brilliant but barren reveriesJonathan Swift (1667–1745) Some schemes will appear barren of hints and matter.2011 September 2, Phil McNulty, “Bulgaria 0-3 England”, BBC: Rooney had been suffered a barren spell for England with only one goal in 15 games but he was in no mood to ignore the gifts on offer in front of an increasingly subdued Bulgarian support.Mentally dull; stupid. William Shakespeare, Hamlet, III.ii. ca. 1602 Set on some quantity of barren spectators to laugh too.William Shakespeare, Hamlet, III.ii. ca. 1602 Set on some quantity of barren spectators to laugh too.Synonyms:
desolate, sterile, arid, parched, impoverished, infertile, empty, dry, fallow, waste, desert, depleted, effete, fruitless, impotent, unfruitful, unproductive, infecund, unbearing, uncultivable, unfertile, flat, dull, fruitless, futile, lackluster, stale, unproductive, useless, vain, vapid, profitless, uninspiring, unrewarding,
Antonyms:
fruitful, productive, damp, moist, wet, cultivated, fecund, fertile, filled, growing, useful, profitable, full, developing, fecund, fertile, filled, growing, productive, useful, profitable, developing, full,
