Bleak
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /bliːk/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Bleak is an adjective meaning Without color; pale; pallid.
Meaning
Without color; pale; pallid.
More Meanings
- Desolate and exposed; swept by cold winds.
- Unhappy; cheerless; miserable; emotionally desolate.
- A small European river fish (Alburnus alburnus), of the family Cyprinidae.
Example Sentences
a bleak and bare rock
a bleak, crater-pocked moonscape
They escaped across the bleak landscape.
We hiked across open meadows and climbed bleak mountains.
Word Forms
- bleaker
- bleakest
- bleaks
Synonyms for bleak
Depending on context, synonyms include ablet, alburn, blay, pasty, sallow, ashen.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include hopeless, desolate, black, stark, barren, inhospitable.
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