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bleakness
Variant of bleak
adjective
- exposed to wind and cold; unsheltered; treeless; bare
- cold and cutting; harsh
- not cheerful; gloomy; dreary
- not promising or hopeful: a bleak future
- Obsolete pale; wan
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