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Detailed Synonyms for bleak in English

bleak:

bleak adj

  1. bleak
    bleak; chilly; cold; chilli
  2. bleak
  3. bleak
    – offering little or no hope 1
    dim; bleak; black
    – offering little or no hope 1
    • dim adj
      • took a dim view of things1
    • bleak adj
      • prospects were bleak1
      • Life in the Aran Islands has always been bleak and difficult1
    • black adj
      • the future looked black1
  4. bleak
    – providing no shelter or sustenance 1
    bare; bleak; barren; desolate; stark
    – providing no shelter or sustenance 1
    • bare adj
      • bare rocky hills1
    • bleak adj
      • the bleak treeless regions of the high Andes1
    • barren adj
      • barren lands1
    • desolate adj
      • the desolate surface of the moon1
    • stark adj
      • a stark landscape1
  5. bleak
    – unpleasantly cold and damp 1
    raw; bleak; cutting
    – unpleasantly cold and damp 1

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Related Definitions for "bleak":

  1. offering little or no hope1
    • prospects were bleak1
    • Life in the Aran Islands has always been bleak and difficult1
  2. providing no shelter or sustenance1
    • the bleak treeless regions of the high Andes1
  3. unpleasantly cold and damp1
    • bleak winds of the North Atlantic1