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

How to say BLEAK in sign language?

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. Nina Jankowicz:

   I think we’re in a really bleak situation here in this country.

2. Fred Amata:

   It all seems so bleak.

3. Charlie Yaxley:

   More than 600 people have now lost their life on the Mediterranean Sea this year, if current trends continue, we are likely to see more than a thousand people lose their life on the Mediterranean for the sixth year in a row, which is a bleak milestone for us to be reaching.

4. Heidi Tagliavini:

   The outlook is still bleak.

5. Patrick Dempsey:

   I thought it was a beautiful way to close it, the intention was to really give people some hope because they are such an iconic couple. We’ve lost so many people this year, the thought that we’d have angels hovering around us taking care of us is a good message to send out in such a bleak world that we’re living in. So for all of us, it was a beautiful ending to this story. I’m so grateful that I did it and happy that the fans really loved it.

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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