bleaker
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Adjective
bleaker, comparative; bleakest, superlative;
/blēk/,
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bleaker, comparative; bleakest, superlative;
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(of an area of land) Lacking vegetation and exposed to the elements
- - a bleak and barren moor
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(of a building or room) Charmless and inhospitable; dreary
- - he looked around the bleak little room in despair
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(of the weather) Cold and miserable
- - a bleak midwinter's day
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(of a situation or future prospect) Not hopeful or encouraging; unlikely to have a favorable outcome
- - he paints a bleak picture of a company that has lost its way
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(of a person or a person's expression) Cold and forbidding
- - his bleak, near vacant eyes grew remote
Web Definitions:
- Bleaker Island (Isla Maria) is one of the Falkland Islands, lying off south east Lafonia (the southern peninsula of East Falkland). The name is a corruption of "Breaker Island" due to the waves that break on it. It was also known as "Long Island" at one point.
- comparative form of bleak: more bleak