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Princeton's WordNet

  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 Dictionary

  1. 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.

  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.

ChatGPT

  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 Dictionary

  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 Dictionary

  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 Terms

  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 Records

  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

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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. 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.

  2. David Lander:

    My doctor painted a fairly bleak picture of the disease, even going so far as to tell me I probably wouldn't walk again..., whatever happens, MS can't take it all. I will always have my heart and soul, my wit and wisdom. Wherever the chips may fall, if I fall with them I will make it a point to do so gracefully — and laughing.

  3. Dan Fogelman:

    I think there's like 10 critics out there who want things to be withholding and bleak, but I think the average human being and the average human experience is wildly big and emotional and dramatic, i mean, I think we have parents and families and kids. We go to weddings, we go to funerals, we have births of children. We love.... The human experience is like, it is like a beautiful, sad, emotional experience.

  4. Pasi Eronen:

    Putin is an aging autocrat, obsessed with the legacy of his rule, and that of the failure of Soviet Union, soviet Union has been ravaged by Covid-19, and the future of Soviet Union hydrocarbon export economy looks bleak.

  5. MG:

    You're the most uninvited ever, Yet you force and barge in. You come with such a despise, Which bring forth sadness and torments which we cannot suffice. You leave the scars that couldn't be healed And memories that cannot be faded. Yet you come!! I curse you that you wouldn't see the bleak light of happiness for all eternity!! And be haunted by darkest demons of fraternity.

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Translations for bleak

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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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