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bleaksome

adjective

Characterised or marked by bleakness; bleak.

Scrabble 17

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Meanings

adjectivebleaksome (comparative more bleaksome, superlative most bleaksome)

comparative more bleaksome · superlative most bleaksome

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

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Origin

From bleak + -some.

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APA

bleaksome. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bleaksome

MLA

“bleaksome.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bleaksome. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bleaksome,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bleaksome.

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