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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

   Scrabble Points: 11

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   1. : exposed and barren and often windswept. a bleak landscape. bleak soils. 2. : cold, raw. a bleak November evening. 3. a. : lacking in warmth, life, or kindliness : grim. a bleak prison documentary. b. : not hopeful or encouraging : depressing. a bleak prognosis. a bleak outlook. the future looks bleak. c. : severely simple or austere.

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   If someone looks or sounds bleak, they look or sound depressed, as if they have no hope or energy.

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   Bleak definition: bare, desolate, and often windswept. See examples of BLEAK used in a sentence.

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   Something that is bleak is gloomy and depressing. If it's raining and dark, you might describe the night as bleak. If you have looked for work and no one will hire you, you could describe your prospects as bleak.

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   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.

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    bleak. From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English bleak /bliːk/ adjective 1 without anything to make you feel happy or hopeful a bleak future/prospect The company still hopes to find a buyer, but the future looks bleak. 2 cold and without any pleasant or comfortable features a bleak January afternoon The landscape was bleak. —bleakly ...