HyperDic: bleakness

English > 1 sense of the word *bleakness*:
NOUN	state	bleakness, desolation, bareness, nakedness	a bleak / bleak and desolate atmosphere

bleakness > pronunciation
Sounds	bliy'knahs
Rhymes	abacus ... zealous: 1164 rhymes with ahs...

English > *bleakness*: 1 sense > noun 1, state
Meaning	A bleak / bleak and desolate atmosphere.
Synonyms	desolation, bareness, nakedness
Broader	gloom, gloominess, glumness	An atmosphere of depression and melancholy
Spanish	desnudez, desolación
Catalan	desolació
Adjectives	bleak	unpleasantly cold and damp
	bleak	offering little or no hope
	bleak	providing no shelter or sustenance