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bleaknesses

bleaknesses is the plural of bleakness.

Meaning of bleakness

Noun

bleakness (usually uncountable, plural bleaknesses)

  1. (usually) The characteristic of being bleak.
    • Snowsheds and snow fences protect the line on either side of Semskfjell, but the country soon begins to lose some of its bleakness, and the tree line is regained at Lønsdal (1,680 ft. above sea-level), where the line is high on a hillside, commanding widespread views of the mountains.1957 August, H. A. Vallance, “By Rail to the Norwegian Arctic”, in Railway Magazine, page 575
    Synonyms:
    dreich

Questions about bleaknesses

What is bleaknesses the plural of?
Bleaknesses is the plural of bleakness.

Words near bleaknesses in the dictionary

  1. bleakish
  2. Bleakley
  3. Bleakleys
  4. bleakly
  5. bleakness
  6. bleaknesses
  7. bleakonomics
  8. bleaks
  9. bleaksome
  10. bleaky
  11. Blean

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