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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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   What does bleak mean?

   • Get a quick, free translation! BLEAK definition: 1. If a place is bleak, it is empty, and not welcoming or attractive: 2. Bleak weather is cold and…. Learn more.

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   What does it mean when the weather is bleak?

   • 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. His face was bleak. Alberg gave him a bleak stare. 'There is nothing left,' she says bleakly.

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   What is a synonym for 'Bleak'?

   • Bleak and Grim have similar meanings in the context of attitude. You can use 'Grim' as a synonym for 'Bleak' when discussing topics like dismal, austere, depressing, or barren. 'Grim' can also mean 'harsh and threatening in manner or appearance'.

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   How do you describe a bleak situation?

   • 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. If you and the ten people sharing your lifeboat have been adrift for ten days and are down to your last cracker, your situation is bleak.

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   Bleak means cold, empty, and not hopeful. Learn how to use this adjective in different contexts, such as describing a place, a situation, or the weather, with synonyms and examples from Cambridge Dictionary.

   • English (US)

     BLEAK meaning: 1. If a place is bleak, it is empty, and not...

   • Bleakly

     BLEAKLY definition: 1. in a way that suggests a lack of...

   • Bleakness

     BLEAKNESS definition: 1. the quality of being cold,...

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     BLEAK translate: （地方）荒涼的;淒涼的, （天氣）陰冷的, （境況）慘淡的，無希望的. Learn...

   • Bleaching

     BLEACHING definition: 1. present participle of bleach 2. to...

   • Portuguese Translation

     BLEAK translate: deserto, desolado, sombrio, triste,...

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   Bleak means bad, cold, empty, or hopeless. It can describe a situation, a place, a person, or the weather. See different meanings, synonyms, and examples of bleak in British and American English.

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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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