bleak
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5.0
- adjective
- /blik/
:
desapacible
- What a bleak and rimy day.
- a bleak winter
- a bleak picture
It's so grey and everything's looked bleak and it's cold.
- It's so grey and everything's looked bleak and it's cold.
- The felony fur is, and we of course saw this more in Milwaukee where the weather was a pretty bleak, but it's a it's a winter jacket with a fake fur collar.
Examples
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The Yorkshire area of Haworth was perpetually damp, bleak, and stormy, with a bad water supply.
Academic text (1995) -
London's so bleak this time of year.
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"Oh, well do I remember the bleak December day
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We returned on a bleak Saturday afternoon.
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But the future is not as bleak as you might think.
Fiction book (1995) -
At least that was one bright spot in an otherwise bleak day.
Fiction book (1993) -
It was a cold, bleak Christmas Eve.
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The weather was turning bleak when we left Raleigh, so we escaped just in time.
Blog text (10) -
The sky was bleak, and so were my photo prospects as I trudged among the leafless trees and shrubs.
Academic text (1993) -
The forest looked particularly bleak after the heavy rain, with bare trees and a chilly wind blowing.
Synonyms
377
1.0
Feeling gloomy and sad
219
2.2
Making you feel very sad and that things will not get better
73
4.2
Sad and hopeless, making things seem very bad
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3.8
A gloomy, boring time that makes you feel sad or tired
29
6.8
Empty and bleak with little life or shelter
23
4.2
Not bright or colorful and not lively
16
2.3
Dark and not well lit so a place feels sad
12
3.5
Cold and bleak with snow or strong wind
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2.7
Cold and damp in a way that feels unpleasant
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4.2
Dark and dull in color, not bright
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5.5
Not bright or warm and making people feel sad
1
5.6
Dark and cloudy, making a place feel gloomy
1
9.9
A dull, cold, and depressing place or scene
A place with little light that is damp and unpleasant
A dark, gloomy place that makes people feel afraid or uncomfortable
Antonyms
Idioms
How Bleak
Surface Forms
Etymology
Bleak comes from the old Norse bleikr, meaning 'pale', which brings to mind cold, grey weather on open land. So bleak can mean cold and damp in an unpleasant way.