Adjective
/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
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a bleak and barren moor
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(of a building or room) Charmless and inhospitable; dreary
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he looked around the bleak little room in despair
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(of the weather) Cold and miserable
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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
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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
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his bleak, near vacant eyes grew remote
Web Definitions:
- Superlative form of bleak