bleakness
1bleakness — index damper (depressant) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
2bleakness — c.1600, from BLEAK (Cf. bleak) + NESS (Cf. ness) …
3bleakness — 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» …
4Bleakness — 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… …
5bleakness — noun see bleak …
6bleakness — See bleakly. * * * …
7bleakness — noun The characteristic of being bleak …
8bleakness — n. gloom, dreariness; desolation …
9bleakness — bleak·ness …
10bleakness — See: bleak …
