bleaksome

English

Etymology

From bleak +‎ -some.

Adjective

bleaksome (comparative more bleaksome, superlative most bleaksome)

  1. (rare) Characterised or marked by bleakness; bleak
    • 1842, George King Matthews, Poems: to which is added, Belmont house, a play:
      He heedeth not the bleaksome air /Whilst to his work he doth repair; [...]
    • 1901, St. Mary's Hospital Gazette:
      No student will be seen, / White-coated, fresh and green, / Trampling those bleaksome steps with groanings loud.
    • 2004, David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas, London: Hodder and Stoughton, →ISBN:
      A bleaksome'n'dark choice to settle, Zachry, she replied.

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