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Princeton's WordNet
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"
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"
bleak, cutting, rawadjective
unpleasantly cold and damp
"bleak winds of the North Atlantic"
Webster Dictionary
Bleakadjective
without color; pale; pallid
Bleakadjective
desolate and exposed; swept by cold winds
Bleakadjective
cold and cutting; cheerless; as, a bleak blast
Bleakadjective
a small European river fish (Leuciscus alburnus), of the family Cyprinidae; the blay
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
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.]
Bleak
blēk, n. a small white river-fish.
Dictionary of Nautical Terms
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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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of bleak in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of bleak in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4
Examples of bleak in a Sentence
I wasn't interested in a lot of these companies at their IPO prices, but now that they're down 30 or 40 percent, they're interesting to me, i'm in the business of buying when things look bleak.
Hopefully it will put a smile on your face in these rather bleak times that we're in at the moment.
Give a man secure possession of a bleak rock and he will turn it into a garden; give him nine years lease of a garden and he will turn it into a desert.
Rebellion without truth is like spring in a bleak, arid desert.
The Greek Mythological Story of "Pandora's Box" teaches us the significance of self-control and self-discipline that can keep us away from the evils in the world. It also assures us that at the end of the day, there is always Hope - despite the severe storms of challenges, and when everything seems so dark and bleak. Never lose Hope, especially while overcoming the challenges of life.
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- كئيبArabic
- мрачен, безрадостен, открит, блескач, гол, блед, безцветен, уклейBulgarian
- Ukelei, öde, bleich, farblos, ungeschützt, ausgeblichen, Laube, trostlos, desolat, trübe, freudlos, kahl, karg, düsterGerman
- θλιβερός, ψυχρός, άχαρος, άθλιος, άχρωμος, έρημος, σίρκοGreek
- desolado, color, pálido, alegría, albur, amargado, yermoSpanish
- kaame, kahvatu, plass, viidikasEstonian
- غم افزاPersian
- salakka, paljas, kalpea, kolkko, synkkä, karuFinnish
- abletteFrench
- gruamach, lomScottish Gaelic
- meaylManx
- sivárHungarian
- misero, desolato, pallido, infelice, triste, incolore, alborella, alburnoItalian
- ფერმკრთალი, უფერულიGeorgian
- AalbesLuxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- vīķeLatvian
- bleek, bliek, kleurloos, desolaat, guur, vreugdeloosDutch
- uklejaPolish
- pálido, alburnete, desanimado, pálida, desoladoPortuguese
- незащищённый, голый, бесцветный, мрачный, открытый, бледный, уклейка, безрадостныйRussian
- uklijaSerbo-Croatian
- dyster, löja, blek, färglösSwedish
- soluk, renksiz, solgunTurkish
- تاریکUrdu
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