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3 dictionary results for: Bleakness
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bleak1       [bleek] Pronunciation Key
–adjective, -er, -est.
1.bare, desolate, and often windswept: a bleak plain.
2.cold and piercing; raw: a bleak wind.
3.without hope or encouragement; depressing; dreary: a bleak future.
[Origin: 1300–50; ME bleke pale, b. variants bleche (OE blǣc) and blake (OE blāc); both c. ON bleikr, G bleich; akin to bleach]

—Related forms
bleakish, adjective
bleakly, adverb
bleakness, noun

—Synonyms 3. See austere.
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bleak 1       (blēk)  Pronunciation Key 
adj.   bleak·er, bleak·est
    1. Gloomy and somber: "Life in the Aran Islands has always been bleak and difficult" (John Millington Synge).
    2. Providing no encouragement; depressing: a bleak prospect.
  2. Cold and cutting; raw: bleak winds of the North Atlantic.
  3. Exposed to the elements; unsheltered and barren: the bleak, treeless regions of the high Andes.


[Middle English bleik, pale, from Old Norse bleikr, white; see bhel-1 in Indo-European roots.]

bleak'ly adv., bleak'ness n.
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bleakness

noun
a bleak and desolate atmosphere; "the nakedness of the landscape" 

WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.
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