- bleakness
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New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
bleakness
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bleakness — index damper (depressant) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
bleakness — c.1600, from BLEAK (Cf. bleak) + NESS (Cf. ness) … Etymology dictionary
bleakness — bleak ► ADJECTIVE 1) bare and exposed to the elements. 2) charmless and inhospitable. 3) (of a situation) not hopeful or encouraging. DERIVATIVES bleakly adverb bleakness noun. ORIGIN Old English or Old Norse, «white, shining» … English terms dictionary
Bleakness — Bleak Bleak (bl[=e]k), a. [OE. blac, bleyke, bleche, AS. bl[=a]c, bl[=ae]c, pale, wan; akin to Icel. bleikr, Sw. blek, Dan. bleg, OS. bl[=e]k, D. bleek, OHG. pleih, G. bleich; all from the root of AS. bl[=i]can to shine; akin to OHG. bl[=i]chen… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
bleakness — See bleakly. * * * … Universalium
bleakness — noun The characteristic of being bleak … Wiktionary
bleakness — n. gloom, dreariness; desolation … English contemporary dictionary
bleakness — bleak·ness … English syllables
bleakness — See: bleak … English dictionary
bleakness — noun a bleak and desolate atmosphere the nakedness of the landscape • Syn: ↑desolation, ↑bareness, ↑nakedness • Derivationally related forms: ↑desolate (for: ↑desolation), ↑ … Useful english dictionary
