Meanings
plural nakednesses
- uncountableusuallyThe state or condition of being naked; nudity; bareness; defenselessness; undisguisedness.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe state or condition of being naked; nudity; bareness; defenselessness; undisguisedness.
More synonyms by meaning
nounthe state of being without clothing or covering of any kind
nouncharacterized by an attitude of ready accessibility (especially about one's actions or purposes); without concealment; not secretive
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Old Englishnacodnes“nakedness”
- Middle Englishnakednesse
- Englishnakedness
From Middle English nakednesse, from Old English nacodnes (“nakedness”); equivalent to naked + -ness. Cognate with West Frisian neakenens (“nakedness”).
More words from Middle English, Old English
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek γυμνότης
- γυμνότης (gumnótēs)state of being naked
Catalan nuesa
- nuesastate of being naked
Chinese Mandarin 裸體 /裸体, 赤裸
- 裸體 /裸体 (luǒtǐ)state of being naked
- 赤裸 (chìluǒ)state of being naked
Danish nøgenhed
- nøgenhedstate of being naked
Dutch naaktheid
- naaktheidstate of being naked
Esperanto nudeco
- nudecostate of being naked
Estonian alastiolek
- alastiolekstate of being naked
Finnish alastomuus
- alastomuusstate of being naked
French nudité
- nuditéstate of being naked
German Nacktheit
- Nacktheitstate of being naked
Greek γύμνια
- γύμνια (gýmnia)state of being naked
Hindi नंगापन
- नंगापन (naṅgāpan)state of being naked
Hungarian meztelenség
- meztelenségstate of being naked
Icelandic nekt
- nektstate of being naked
Indonesian ketelanjangan
- ketelanjanganstate of being naked
Italian nudezza, nudità
- nudezzastate of being naked
- nuditàstate of being naked
Japanese 裸体
- 裸体 (ratai)state of being naked
Korean 벌거숭이
- 벌거숭이 (beolgeosung'i)state of being naked
Norwegian Bokmål nakenhet
- nakenhetstate of being naked
Persian برهنگی
- برهنگی (berahnegi)state of being naked
Polish nagość
- nagośćstate of being naked
Portuguese nudez
- nudezstate of being naked
Russian нагота́, обнажённость
- нагота́ (nagotá)state of being naked
- обнажённость (obnažónnostʹ)state of being naked
Scottish Gaelic luime, lomnochd
- luimestate of being naked
- lomnochdstate of being naked
- nochdstate of being naked
Spanish desnudez
- desnudezstate of being naked
Turkish çıplaklık
- çıplaklıkstate of being naked
Ukrainian оголеність
- оголеність (oholenistʹ)state of being naked
Cite this entry
nakedness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nakedness
“nakedness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nakedness. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “nakedness,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nakedness.
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