bleakyadj.
/ˈbliːki/ Inclining to bleak adj. (in senses 2 and 3).
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the world > the earth > land > landscape > wild or uncultivated land > [adjective] > barren or desert
barren1377
desert1393
bleaka1552
blunt1553
foodless1581
bleach1598
landless1606
desertuous1632
bald1642
bleaky1687
parsimonious1713
Saharan1849
deserty1891
Saharic1892
Saharian1897
desertic1936
scalded1936
the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > wind > [adjective] > cold or keen
keen1340
bleaky1687
scourya1774
naked1822
scything1822
shy1828
1687 J. Dryden Hind & Panther iii. 107 Bleaky plains, and bare unhospitable ground.
1695 R. Blackmore Prince Arthur iv. 99 Bleaky Continents, and frozen Isles.
1722 tr. Virgil Pastorals x, in C. Sedley Wks. I. 313 Ye bleaky Winds! your wonted Rigour spare.
a1796 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) I. 370 Lone on the bleaky hills.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online March 2021).
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adj.1687- ever umbewhile
- ever umwhile
- ever yet
- ever ylike
- ever yours
- ever-abiding
- ever-angry
- ever-bearer
- ever-being
- ever-beingness
- ever-blessed
- ever-blooming
- ever-changeful
- ever-changing
- ever-crescent
- ever-dear
- ever-durable
- ever-during
- expect me when you see me
- expect the extremity
- expectable
- expectably
- expectaltee
- expectance
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