Bleakness (Noun)
Meaning
A bleak and desolate atmosphere; "the nakedness of the landscape".
Classification
Nouns denoting natural processes.
Examples
- The landscape was devoid of trees and color, only highlighting the bleakness that lay before them.
- The vast expanse of snow stretched out as far as the eye could see, exuding an unyielding bleakness.
- After losing his loved one, he wandered through the desolate city streets, overcome with a sense of bleakness that seemed to follow him everywhere.
- As the winter winds howled, the city's grey skyscrapers loomed, intensifying the bleakness that settled over its inhabitants.
- Standing atop the mountain, she felt tiny and insignificant in the face of such a seemingly endless, stark bleakness.