1. the quality of being cold, empty, and unwelcoming
2. the quality of being hopeless or depressing

Examples

• The bleakness of the winter landscape made her feel lonely.
• He was struck by the bleakness of the abandoned factory.
• The bleakness of their financial situation worried the family.
• She couldn’t shake off the bleakness that had settled over her mood.
• The movie captured the bleakness of life during the Great Depression.
• The bleakness of the desert stretched endlessly before them.