bleakness

Questions about bleakness

What does bleakness mean?

bleakness means "a bleak and desolate atmosphere".

How many syllables are in bleakness?

bleakness has 2 syllables: bleak-ness. The stress falls on "bleak". In IPA it is /ˈbliknəs/.

What is another word for bleakness?

Close synonyms include desolation, bareness, nakedness. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is bleakness a common word?

bleakness is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.