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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024bleak1 /blik/USA pronunciation adj., -er, -est. - bare, cold, and uninviting:the bleak winter landscape.
- without hope or encouragement;
dreary:looking at a bleak future.
bleak•ly, adv.: stared bleakly out the window.bleak•ness, n. [uncountable]the bleakness of a long, cold winter. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024bleak1 (blēk),USA pronunciation adj., -er, -est. - bare, desolate, and often windswept:a bleak plain.
- cold and piercing;
raw:a bleak wind. - without hope or encouragement;
depressing;
dreary:a bleak future.
- 1300–50; Middle English bleke pale, blend of, blended variants bleche (Old English blǣc) and blake (Old English blāc); both cognate with Old Norse bleikr, German bleich; akin to bleach
- 3.See corresponding entry in Unabridged See austere.
bleak2 (blēk),USA pronunciation n. - Fisha European freshwater fish, Alburnus alburnus, having scales with a silvery pigment that is used in the production of artificial pearls.
- 1400–50; late Middle English bleke, noun, nominal use of bleke pale; see bleak1
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: bleak /bliːk/ adj - exposed and barren; desolate
- cold and raw
- offering little hope or excitement; dismal: a bleak future
Etymology: Old English blāc bright, pale; related to Old Norse bleikr white, Old High German bleih paleˈbleakness n bleak /bliːk/ n - any slender silvery European cyprinid fish of the genus Alburnus, esp A. lucidus, occurring in slow-flowing rivers
Etymology: 15th Century: probably from Old Norse bleikja white colour; related to Old High German bleiche bleach |