bleakness

bleakness: bleak·ness

[ˈbli:knəs]

n no pl

1. (dreariness) Kargheit f

2. (forbiddingness) Gefühllosigkeit f, Kälte f

3. (hopelessness) Hoffnungslosigkeit f, Trostlosigkeit f

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['bliːknɪs]
n

1) (of landscape) Öde f, Trostlosigkeit f

2) (of weather) Rauheit f, Kälte f

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

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bleakness s

1. Kahlheit f, Öde f

2. Unfreundlichkeit f, Rauheit f

3. fig Trost-, Freudlosigkeit f, Trübheit f, Düsterheit f, -keit f

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n.

Kahlheit -en f.

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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 — noun see bleak … New Collegiate Dictionary
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

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