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Definition of Bleakness
1. Noun. A bleak and desolate atmosphere. "The nakedness of the landscape"
Generic synonyms: Gloom, Gloominess, Glumness
Derivative terms: Bleak, Bleak, Bleak, Desolate
Definition of Bleakness
1. Noun. The characteristic of being bleak. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Bleakness
1. [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bleakness
Literary usage of Bleakness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Beauties of England and Wales, Or, Delineations, Topographical by John Britton, Joseph Nightingale, James Norris Brewer, John Evans, John Hodgson, Francis Charles Laird, Frederic Shoberl, John Bigland, Thomas Rees, Thomas Hood, John Harris, Edward Wedlake Brayley (1814)
"We cannot help noticing, however, that there is a degree of wild bleakness on
the north-western range of the Broadway hills, that reminds the traveller, ..."
2. Pennsylvania School Architecture: A Manual of Directions and Plans for by Thomas Henry Burrowes (1855)
"bleakness in winter, and exposure to the rays of the sun in summer, are not always
necessarily caused by an improper local position. ..."
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