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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"
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
BLEAKadjective
Etymology: blac, blæc, Saxon.
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.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.
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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 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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Surnames Frequency by Census Records
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.
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Anagrams for bleak »
blake
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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
>HONG KONG, Jan 13 (Reuters) - Living under Chinas stringent COVID-19 restrictions for the past three years had caused Zhang Qi enough stress and uncertainty to consider not having babies in the country.When China abruptly dismantled its zero COVID regime last month to let the virus spread freely, the balance tilted to a definite No, the Shanghai-based e-commerce executive said.Stories about mothers and babies not being able to see doctors as medical facilities were overwhelmed by COVID infections were the final straw for Zhang.I heard that giving birth at a public hospital is just horrific. I really wouldn’t consider having a baby, the 31-year-old said.A glimpse of the scars caused by the pandemic to Chinas already bleak demographic outlook may come to light when it reports its official 2022 population data on Jan. 17.Some demographers expect Chinas population in 2022 to post its first drop since the Great Famine in 1961, a profound shift with far-reaching implications for the global economy and world order.New births for 2022 are set to fall to record lows, dropping below 10 million from last years 10.6 million babies - which were already 11.5% lower than in 2020.With this historical turn, China has entered a long and irreversible process of population decline, the first time in China and the worlds history.
I think that we in Africa would have done better at the world (soccer) stage if we had not allowed people to infiltrate the camps of football setting, if you had people who will sit down and fix a match and determine what the outcome will be, that is not fair to African football. If referees can sell yellow card, sell red card, sell goals, then you're looking at a very bleak future of African football.
The humanitarian picture in Falluja is bleak and getting bleaker, greater international attention to the besieged towns and cities of the region is needed or the results for civilians could be calamitous.
The outlook is still bleak.
It took three years for the country to come close to turning around, after the January 25 elections it all went downhill. Now things are bleak. For me, there is no salvation here.
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- كئيبArabic
- мрачен, безрадостен, уклей, безцветен, открит, блескач, блед, голBulgarian
- farblos, Laube, ungeschützt, ausgeblichen, Ukelei, trostlos, desolat, trübe, freudlos, kahl, karg, düster, bleich, ödeGerman
- σίρκο, άθλιος, άχρωμος, θλιβερός, έρημος, άχαρος, ψυχρόςGreek
- desolado, alegría, amargado, albur, yermo, color, pálidoSpanish
- kahvatu, plass, viidikas, kaameEstonian
- غم افزاPersian
- paljas, salakka, kolkko, kalpea, synkkä, karuFinnish
- abletteFrench
- lom, gruamachScottish Gaelic
- meaylManx
- sivárHungarian
- alburno, infelice, triste, pallido, incolore, desolato, misero, alborellaItalian
- უფერული, ფერმკრთალიGeorgian
- AalbesLuxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- vīķeLatvian
- desolaat, guur, bleek, bliek, kleurloos, vreugdeloosDutch
- dysterNorwegian
- uklejaPolish
- alburnete, desanimado, pálido, desolado, pálidaPortuguese
- бесцветный, безрадостный, уклейка, бледный, открытый, незащищённый, мрачный, голыйRussian
- uklijaSerbo-Croatian
- färglös, blek, dyster, löjaSwedish
- solgun, soluk, renksizTurkish
- تاریکUrdu
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