Bleakness

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The characteristic of being bleak. uncountable, usually

    "Snowsheds and snow fences protect the line on either side of Semskfjell, but the country soon begins to lose some of its bleakness, and the tree line is regained at Lønsdal (1,680 ft. above sea-level), where the line is high on a hillside, commanding widespread views of the mountains."

  2. 2
    a bleak and desolate atmosphere wordnet

Synonyms

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absolute zerobarenessbitternesschillcoldnesscool

Example

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"The bleakness of day is sometimes worse than the dark."

Etymology

From bleak + -ness.

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