0 the quality of being cold, unpleasant and not welcoming or attractive: --
Other footages from 1995 also displayed scenes of similar dreariness, using winters natural bleakness to exacerbate the severity of the scenes.
The atmosphere of bleakness is reinforced by the random figures in the upper ground that scramble for a better view.
It was, however, also attacked in some quarters for its supposed bleakness and unrelenting tone.
I am reminded by the environment and the communities there of the bleakness of life and the deprivation that exists in the places covered by my short journey.
A perpetual bleakness has been removed.
The question that must be posed, in all its bleakness and harshness, is which majority and whose consent?
It may not save money but it would provide a better environment than the bleakness of even the most caring hospital ward.
Apart from the emotional associations, there are the general architecture and bleakness of these places which make a person fear their ultimate freedom.
