Bare and Garish

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Bare adjective - Free from all additions or embellishment.

Usage example: do you want to know the bare truth?

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Garish is an antonym for bare.

Nearby Words: barely, bared, bareness

Garish adjective - Excessively showy.

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Bare is an antonym for garish.

Nearby Word: garishly

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