Definitions for BLEAK
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Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. black, bleak, dimadjective

   offering little or no hope

   "the future looked black"; "prospects were bleak"; "Life in the Aran Islands has always been bleak and difficult"- J.M.Synge; "took a dim view of things"

2. bare, barren, bleak, desolate, starkadjective

   providing no shelter or sustenance

   "bare rocky hills"; "barren lands"; "the bleak treeless regions of the high Andes"; "the desolate surface of the moon"; "a stark landscape"

3. bleak, cutting, rawadjective

   unpleasantly cold and damp

   "bleak winds of the North Atlantic"

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. BLEAKadjective

   Etymology: blac, blæc, Saxon.

   1. Pale.2. Cold; chill.

   Intreat the north
   To make his bleak winds kiss my parched lips,
   And comfort me with cold. William Shakespeare, King John.

   The goddess that in rural shrine
   Dwell’st here with Pan, or Sylvan, by blest song
   Forbidding every bleak unkindly fog
   To touch the prosperous growth of this tall wood. John Milton.

   Her desolation presents us with nothing but bleak and barren prospects. Joseph Addison, Spectator, №. 477.

   Say, will ye bless the bleak Atlantick shore,
   Or bid the furious Gaul be rude no more. Alexander Pope.

2. Bleaknoun

   A small river fish.

   Etymology: from his white or bleak colour.

   The bleak, or freshwater sprat, is ever in motion, and therefore called by some the river swallow. His back is a pleasant, sad sea water green; his belly white and shining like the mountain snow. Bleaks are excellent meat, and in best season in August. Izaak Walton, Angler.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. bleak

   Bleak is an adjective that describes something as barren, desolate, or without hope, usually referring to a situation, place, or outlook. It typically suggests a lack of warmth, comfort, or optimism.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. Bleakadjective

   without color; pale; pallid

2. Bleakadjective

   desolate and exposed; swept by cold winds

3. Bleakadjective

   cold and cutting; cheerless; as, a bleak blast

4. Bleakadjective

   a small European river fish (Leuciscus alburnus), of the family Cyprinidae; the blay

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Bleak

   blēk, adj. colourless: dull and cheerless: cold, unsheltered.—adv. Bleak′ly.—n. Bleak′ness. [A.S. blæc, blâc, pale, shining; a different word from blac (without accent), black. The root is blican, to shine.]

2. Bleak

   blēk, n. a small white river-fish.

Dictionary of Nautical TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. bleak

   The Leuciscus alburnus of naturalists, and the fresh-water sprat of Isaak Walton. The name of this fish is from the Anglo-Saxon blican, owing to its shining whiteness--its lustrous scales having long been used in the manufacture of false pearls.

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Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. BLEAK

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Bleak is ranked #52169 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Bleak surname appeared 398 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Bleak.
   
   94.2% or 375 total occurrences were White.
   4.5% or 18 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.

Anagrams for BLEAK »

1. blake

2. kabel

How to pronounce BLEAK?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of BLEAK in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of BLEAK in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of BLEAK in a Sentence

1. Erik Pevernagie:

   The past becomes our second personality. It is our intrinsic safety code, irrespective of a potential love-hate relationship. It may become our guardian angel and protect us from a bleak blind alley, since it knows that “we” know and we know the colors of its cards. Experience is a tough master and knows the tricks of the trade. It teaches us how to play. ( " Not without the past" )

2. Dmitri Trenin:

   Fresh attempts to expose Russian ‘red line’ deterrence as hollow – whether on the ground, in the air, or at sea – would push Moscow to defend what it cannot give up without losing its self-respect, this would almost inevitably lead to clashes and casualties, which would carry the risk of further escalation. Should this happen, Russia-NATO confrontation would deteriorate literally to the point of brinkmanship, a truly bleak scenario.

3. Fred Amata:

   It all seems so bleak.

4. Jacques Cousteau:

   If we were logical, the future would be bleak indeed. But we are more than logical. We are human beings, and we have faith, and we have hope.

5. Charles Dickens:

   The bleak irony of this discovery is that the man who did so much to shape our Christmas experiences may himself have been left with an empty stomach on his last ever Christmas Day. Hard times indeed.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=BLEAK
2. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=BLEAK
3. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/BLEAK
5. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=BLEAK
6. ^ Dictionary of Nautical Terms
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26000/pg26000-images.html#:~:text=BLEAK
7. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html