'Bleakness' definitions:

Definition of 'bleakness'

noun

A bleak and desolate atmosphere; "the nakedness of the landscape" [syn: bleakness, desolation, bareness, nakedness]

From: GCIDE

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[imac]can to shine; akin to OHG. bl[imac]chen to shine; cf. L. flagrare to burn, Gr. fle`gein to burn, shine, Skr. bhr[=a]j to shine, and E. flame. [root]98. Cf. Bleach, Blink, Flame.]
1. Without color; pale; pallid. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
When she came out she looked as pale and as bleak as one that were laid out dead. --Foxe. [1913 Webster]
2. Desolate and exposed; swept by cold winds. [1913 Webster]
Wastes too bleak to rear The common growth of earth, the foodful ear. --Wordsworth. [1913 Webster]
At daybreak, on the bleak sea beach. --Longfellow. [1913 Webster]
3. Cold and cutting; cheerless; as, a bleak blast. [1913 Webster] -- {Bleak"ish}, a. -- {Bleak"ly}, adv. -- {Bleak"ness}, n. [1913 Webster]