bleakness

bleakness

noun

Definition of BLEAKNESS

an uncomfortable degree of coolness <the morning bleakness prompted me to get a fire going>

Synonyms bite, bitterness, bleakness, chilliness, nip, nippiness, rawness, sharpness

Related Words briskness, crispness; coldness, frigidity, frigidness, frostiness, gelidity, iciness, wintriness; cold, freeze, snap

Near Antonyms balminess, warmness, warmth; heat, hotness, sultriness