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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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   The meaning of BLEAK is exposed and barren and often windswept. How to use bleak in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Bleak.

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   (of the weather) cold and unpleasant. (of a place) exposed, empty, or with no pleasant features. The landscape looked bleak and desolate in the rain. The report paints an unnecessarily bleak picture of the town. Clouds rolled in and the lake took on a bleak and sombre appearance.

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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.

6. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishBLEAK definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

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   If you describe a place as bleak, you mean that it looks cold, empty, and unattractive. The island's pretty bleak. ...bleak inner-city streets. When the weather is bleak, it is cold, dull, and unpleasant. The weather can be quite bleak on the coast. 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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   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. [Middle English bleik, pale, from Old Norse bleikr, white; see bhel- in Indo-European roots.] bleak′ness n.

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