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Definition: Bleakness |
BleaknessNoun1. A bleak and desolate atmosphere. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "bleakness" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1818. (references) |
Synonym: BleaknessSynonym: desolation (n). (additional references) |
| "Bleakness" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Bleakness" is used about 48 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 48 | 49,194 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "bleakness"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | zymtësi (blackness, sadness), shkreti, acar (freezing cold, frost). (various references) | |
Arabic | كآبة (damp, dejection, depression, desolation, despondency, dreariness, gauntness, gloom, gloominess, grief, low spirits, melancholy, moodiness, mope, sadness, sombreness, sorrow, spleen), العزلة (isolation). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | студенина (chill, coldness, dryness, frost, ice, impassivity, wintriness), голота (bareness, nudity), мрачност (gloom, gloominess, wintriness), пустота (emptiness, inanity, vacuity, vanity). (various references) | |
Chinese | 缺少颜色. (various references) | |
Czech | pochmurnost (gloominess). (various references) | |
Finnish | synkkyys (dreariness, gloom, melancholy). (various references) | |
French | tristesse, rigueurs, froid (bleak), aspect morne. (various references) | |
German | Kahlheit (baldness, bareness, barrenness, gauntness). (various references) | |
Greek | παγερότητα (frostiness, gelidness, iciness), ψυχρότητα (chillines, coldness, coolness, gelidity, iciness, stiffness). (various references) | |
Hebrew | ק"רות (darkness, duskiness, gauntness, gloom, murk, sombreness), ע'מומיות (grief, luridness, sorrow, wistfulness). (various references) | |
Hungarian | sivárság (aridity, baldness, barrenness, desolation, dinginess, dreariness). (various references) | |
Italian | squallore (misery, squalor, wretchedness). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | eaknessblay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | tristeza (annoyance, dejection, gloom, grief, melancholy, mourning, regret, sadness, sorrow), frouxidão (flatness, laxity, looseness), frieza (chill, coldness, coolness, frigidity, nonchalance, phlegm, stand-off). (various references) | |
Russian | оголенность, незащищенность от ветра. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | tumornost, sumornost (duskiness, gloom, gloominess). (various references) | |
Spanish | intemperie (bad weather, open-air, outdoor, rough weather), frialdad (chilliness, chillness, cold, coldness, frigidity), desolación (desolation). (various references) | |
Swedish | blotthet. (various references) | |
Turkish | umutsuzluk (despair, desperation, despond, despondancy, dismay, hopelessness, self-despair, Slough), soğukluk (apathy, chill, chilliness, cold, coldness, coolness, distance, frigidity, frost, frostiness, ill blood, inclemency, inhospitality, phlegm, standoff, stolidity, wintriness), çıplaklık (baldness, bareness, nakedness, nude, nudity). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | холод (algidity, chill, cold, coldness, freeze, frost), відкритість, похмурність. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "bleakness": bleaknesses. (additional references) | |
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"Bleakness" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: belpanese, beltanes, Bjerkness. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "bleakness" (pronounced blē"knus) |
| 5 | -ē" k n u s | uniqueness, weakness. |
| 4 | -k n u s | blackness, darkness, frankness, homesickness, likeness, quickness, sickness, slackness, starkness, thickness. |
| 3 | -n u s | abruptness, absoluteness, acuteness, aggressiveness, agribusiness, airworthiness, alertness, aloofness, alumnus, Anas, androgynous, anise, appropriateness, arbitrariness, assertiveness, astuteness, asynchronous, attentiveness, attractiveness, awareness, awfulness, awkwardness, backwardness, badness, bagginess, baldness, bearishness, bigness, bitterness, bituminous, blandness, blindness, bluntness, boldness, bonus, boorishness, brashness, brightness, bullishness, business, callousness, calmness, carelessness, casualness, cautiousness, cavernous, cheapness, chitinous, cleanliness, cleanness, cleverness, closeness, cloudiness, clumsiness, cockiness, cohesiveness, coldness, Colonus, combativeness, compactness, competitiveness, completeness, consciousness, contagiousness, contentiousness, contrariness, Conus, coolness, correctness, coziness, craziness, creativeness, creditworthiness, creepiness, crispness, crookedness, cuteness, dampness, Deaconess, deadliness, deafness, decisiveness, defensiveness, destructiveness, directness, disingenuousness, distinctiveness, divisiveness, dizziness, dreariness, drowsiness, drunkenness, dryness, dullness, eagerness, earnestness, edginess, effectiveness, elusiveness, emptiness, evenness, exogenous, eyewitness, faintness, fairness, farsightedness, fastness, fickleness, firmness, fitness, flatness, fondness, foolishness, forcefulness, forgiveness, forthrightness, foulness, fractiousness, freshness, friendliness, frothiness, fullness, funniness, furnace, gauntness, gayness, gelatinous, gentleness, genuineness, genus, ghastliness, gluttonous, goodness, governess, graciousness, greatness, greenness, grimness, hairiness, handedness, happiness, hardness, harmfulness, harness, harshness, heinous, helplessness, highness, hoarseness, holiness, homelessness, homogenous, hopefulness, hopelessness, humanness, idleness, illness, inclusiveness, indebtedness, indecisiveness, indigenous, ineffectiveness, ineptness, inertness, intravenous, intrusiveness, inventiveness, joblessness, Johannes, kindness, larcenous, largeness, lateness, lawlessness, laziness, lenis, lightfastness, lightness, liveliness, loneliness, lousiness, luminous, madness, Manus, meanness, membranous, menace, Minas, mindedness, minus, monotonous, mountainous, mutinous, narrowness, nastiness, nearsightedness, neatness, nervousness, newness, niceness, nitrogenous, nonbusiness, nonpoisonous, nosiness, nothingness, numbness, ominous, oneness, onus, openness, orderliness, otherness, outrageousness, outspokenness, pandanus, peacefulness, penis, permissiveness, persuasiveness, pervasiveness, pettiness, playfulness, poisonous, politeness, polygynous, pompousness, possessiveness, powerlessness, preparedness, queasiness, quietness, raciness, randomness, rareness, ravenous, rawness, readiness, reasonableness, rebelliousness, recklessness, redness, remoteness, resistiveness, resourcefulness, responsiveness, restiveness, restlessness, restrictiveness, richness, righteousness, rightness, riskiness, robustness, roominess, roughness, rowdiness, rudeness, ruinous, ruthlessness, sacredness, sadness, Salinas, sameness, scantiness, secretiveness, selfishness, selflessness, sensitiveness, separateness, seriousness, shakiness, shallowness, sharpness, shortness, shortsightedness, shrewdness, shyness, silliness, sinus, skittishness, sleepiness, sloppiness, slovenliness, slowness, sluggishness, slyness, smallness, smoothness, smugness, softness, solitariness, soundness, spiritedness, squeamishness, steadfastness, steadiness, steepness, sternness, stiffness, stillness, stinginess, stoutness, strangeness, stubbornness, sturdiness, suddenness, suggestiveness, sweetness, swiftness, tardiness, tartness, tastiness, tenderness, tetanus, thinness, thoroughness, thoughtfulness, tightness, timeliness, tiredness, togetherness, toughness, trustworthiness, truthfulness, ugliness, unconsciousness, uneasiness, unfairness, unhappiness, unpleasantness, unwieldiness, unwillingness, usefulness, vagueness, vastness, venous, viciousness, villainous, vindictiveness, vividness, voluminous, wariness, wastefulness, waterishness, weariness, weightlessness, weirdness, wellness, wetness, whiteness, wholeness, wholesomeness, wickedness, wilderness, wildness, willingness, wimpiness, wistfulness, witness, wonderfulness, worldliness, worthiness, wryness. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-e-e-k-l-n-s-s" | |
-1 letter: beakless. | |
-2 letters: alkenes, baleens, enables, skeanes. | |
-3 letters: abeles, akenes, alkene, aneles, ankles, baleen, blanks, bleaks, easels, enable, kneels, leases, lebens, lenses, lessen, sables, skeane, skeans, skeens, skenes, slakes, sleeks, snakes, sneaks. | |
-4 letters: abele, ables, akees, akene, anele, ankle, bakes, bales, balks, banes, banks, bases, basks, beaks, beans, benes, blank, blase, bleak, bless, easel, eases. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-b-e-e-k-l-n-s-s" | |
+2 letters: balkinesses, blacknesses, blanknesses, bleaknesses, likableness. | |
+3 letters: shacklebones, workableness. | |
+4 letters: likablenesses, thinkableness. | |
+5 letters: remarkableness, workablenesses. | |
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