bleakness

bleak¹ (bl

adj. bleak·er, bleak·est

a. Gloomy and somber: "Life in the Aran Islands has always been bleak and difficult" (John Millington Synge).

b. 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.]

bleakly adv.

bleakness n.

bleak² (bl

n. pl. bleak or bleaks

A small European freshwater fish of the genus Alburnus that is related to the carp and has silvery scales used in the manufacture of artificial pearls.

[Middle English bleke, probably alteration (influenced by bleke, pale) of *blay, from Old English blge.]

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Noun

bleakness - a bleak and desolate atmosphere; "the nakedness of the landscape"

bareness, desolation, nakedness

gloominess, glumness, gloom - an atmosphere of depression and melancholy; "gloom pervaded the office"

Translations

bleakness [ˈbliːknɪs] N [of landscape] → desolación f; [of room, furnishings] → lo lúgubre; [of weather] → crudeza f, desapacibilidad f; [of prospects, future] → lo sombrío

bleakness

(of landscape) → Öde f, → Trostlosigkeit f

(of weather) → Rauheit f, → Kälte f

(fig) → Trostlosigkeit f; (of prospects also) → Trübheit f

bleakness [ˈbliːknɪs] n (of landscape, future) → desolazione f; (of room, furnishings) → austerità; (of weather) → rigidità; (of smile) → tristezza

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bleak
depression
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gloom
gloominess
glumness
greyness
Nakedness
sadness

As the sky grew less gloomy; indeed, began to grow a little genial, he became still less and less a recluse; as if, when the ship had sailed from home, nothing but the dead wintry bleakness of the sea had then kept him so secluded.

Moby Dick I-LXVII by Melville, Herman View in context

In the winter bleakness a hunger for colour came over people, like the Laplander's craving for fats and sugar.

My Antonia by Cather, Willa View in context

It was one of those rare afternoons when all the thickness and shadow of London are changed to a kind of shining, pulsing, special atmosphere; when the smoky vapors become fluttering golden clouds, nacreous veils of pink and amber; when all that bleakness of gray stone and dullness of dirty brick trembles in aureate light, and all the roofs and spires, and one great dome, are floated in golden haze.

Alexander's Bridge by Cather, Willa View in context

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