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   bleak

   /bliːk/

   adjective

   • 1. (of an area of land) lacking vegetation and exposed to the elements: "a bleak and barren moor" Similar bareexposeddesolatestarkariddesertdenudedlunaropenemptywindswepttreelessforestlesswithout vegetationdefoliatedunshelteredunprotectedunshieldedrare:unwoodedOpposite lushverdant
   • ▪ (of a building or room) charmless and inhospitable; dreary: "he looked round the bleak little room in despair"
   • ▪ (of the weather) cold and miserable: "a bleak midwinter's day" Similar coldkeenrawharshwintrypiercingpenetratingbitingnippingstingingsharpfreezingicyicy-coldfrostyfrigidchillyinformal:nippyparkyBalticliterary:chillOpposite warmbalmy
   • ▪ (of a situation) not hopeful or encouraging; unlikely to have a favourable outcome: "he paints a bleak picture of a company that has lost its way" Similar unpromisingunfavourableunpropitiousinauspiciousadversedisadvantageousuninvitingdiscouragingdishearteningdepressingcheerlessjoylessgloomysombredrearydismalwretchedmiserableblackdarkgrimdrabportentousforebodinghopelessominousOpposite promisinghopeful
   • ▪ (of a person's expression) cold and forbidding: "his mouth was set and his eyes were bleak"

   Word Origin Old Englishblāc ‘shining, white’, or in later use from synonymous Old Norse bleikr; ultimately of Germanic origin and related to bleach.

   Derivatives

   • 1. bleakly adverb

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   2 days ago · noun. a bleak and desolate atmosphere. synonyms: bareness, desolation, nakedness. see more. Cite this entry. Style: MLA. "Bleakness." Vocabulary.com Dictionary, Vocabulary.com, https://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/bleakness. Accessed 23 Aug. 2024. Copy citation. Examples from books and articles. loading examples... Word Family. bleakness.

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   2 days ago · Definition. [ edit] The variance of a random variable is the expected value of the squared deviation from the mean of , : This definition encompasses random variables that are generated by processes that are discrete, continuous, neither, or mixed. The variance can also be thought of as the covariance of a random variable with itself:

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   Aug 5, 2024 · Since House of the Dragon sent Rhaenys Targaryen (Eve Best), the Queen Who Never Was and arguably the show's most easily backable character, plunging to her death from her decapitated dragon, it...