Definitions for bleak
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Princeton's WordNet(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. black, bleak, dim(adj)

   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, stark(adj)

   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, raw(adj)

   unpleasantly cold and damp

   "bleak winds of the North Atlantic"

Webster Dictionary(1.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Bleak(adj)

   without color; pale; pallid

2. Bleak(adj)

   desolate and exposed; swept by cold winds

3. Bleak(adj)

   cold and cutting; cheerless; as, a bleak blast

4. Bleak(adj)

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

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

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(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

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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Anagrams for bleak »

1. Blake

2. Kaleb

How to pronounce bleak?

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   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

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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. Heidi Tagliavini:

   The outlook is still bleak.

2. Janice Stillman:

   2015 predictions of a bleak and biting winter.

3. Kahlil Gibran:

   Rebellion without truth is like spring in a bleak, arid desert.

4. Alexander Russ:

   It's bleak to say the least for companies trying to get an exclusion.

5. Anthony Hawkins:

   This is the worst since 2008. The economy looks very bleak and there is a lot of negative sentiment.

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