bleak

Definition of Bleak in English :

Adjective

1. black, bleak, dim

offering little or no hope

Example Sentences:
'the future looked black'
'prospects were bleak'
'Life in the Aran Islands has always been bleak and difficult'
'took a dim view of things'

black
dim

2. bare, barren, bleak, desolate, stark

providing no shelter or sustenance

Example Sentences:
'bare rocky hills'
'barren lands'
'the bleak treeless regions of the high Andes'
'the desolate surface of the moon'
'a stark landscape'

3. bleak, cutting, raw

unpleasantly cold and damp

Example Sentences:
'bleak winds of the North Atlantic'

cutting
raw

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Bleak

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adjective

1.

exposed and barren; desolate

2.

cold and raw

3.

offering little hope or excitement; dismal

a bleak future

noun

any slender silvery European cyprinid fish of the genus Alburnus, esp A. lucidus, occurring in slow-flowing rivers

Bleak

see synonyms of bleak

adjective

1.

exposed to wind and cold; unsheltered; treeless; bare

2.

cold and cutting; harsh

3.

not cheerful; gloomy; dreary

4.

not promising or hopeful

a bleak future

5. Obsolete

pale; wan

nounWord forms: plural bleak or bleaks

any of a genus (Alburnus) of small, slender European carp with silvery scales, an extract of which is used in making artificial pearls

Bleak

see synonyms of bleak

adj. bleak·er, bleak·est

1.

a. Gloomy and somber: "Life in the Aran Islands has always been bleak and difficult" (John Millington Synge).

b. Providing no encouragement; depressing: a bleak prospect.

2. Cold and cutting; raw: bleak winds of the North Atlantic.

3. Exposed to the elements; unsheltered and barren: the bleak, treeless regions of the high Andes.

n. pl. bleak or bleaks

Any of various small European freshwater fishes of the genus Alburnus, having silvery scales.

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