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bleak 1 B0318700 (blēk)adj. bleak·er, bleak·est 1. a. Gloomy and somber: "Life in the Aran Islands has always been bleak and difficult" (John Millington Synge).b. Providing no encouragement; depressing: a bleak prospect.2. Cold and cutting; raw: bleak winds of the North Atlantic.3. Exposed to the elements; unsheltered and barren: the bleak, treeless regions of the high Andes.
[Middle English bleik, pale, from Old Norse bleikr, white; see bhel- in Indo-European roots.]
bleak′ly adv.bleak′ness n.
bleak 2 B0318700 (blēk)n. pl. bleak or bleaks Any of various small European freshwater fishes of the genus Alburnus, having silvery scales.
[Middle English bleke, probably alteration (influenced by bleke, pale) of *blay, from Old English blǣge.]bleak (bliːk) adj1. exposed and barren; desolate2. cold and raw3. offering little hope or excitement; dismal: a bleak future. [Old English blāc bright, pale; related to Old Norse bleikr white, Old High German bleih pale] ˈbleakly adv ˈbleakness n
bleak (bliːk) n (Animals) any slender silvery European cyprinid fish of the genus Alburnus, esp A. lucidus, occurring in slow-flowing rivers[C15: probably from Old Norse bleikja white colour; related to Old High German bleiche bleach]bleak (blik)
adj. -er, -est. 1. bare, desolate, and often windswept: a bleak plain. 2. cold and piercing; raw: a bleak wind. 3. without hope or encouragement; depressing; dreary: a bleak future. [1300–50; Middle English bleke pale, b. variants bleche (Old English blǣc) and blake (Old English blāc)] bleak′ish, adj. bleak′ly, adv. bleak′ness, n. Thesaurus| Adj. | 1. |  bleak - offering little or no hope; "the future looked black"; "prospects were bleak"; "Life in the Aran Islands has always been bleak and difficult"- J.M.Synge; "took a dim view of things"black, dimhopeless - without hope because there seems to be no possibility of comfort or success; "in an agony of hopeless grief"; "with a hopeless sigh he sat down" | | 2. |  bleak - providing no shelter or sustenance; "bare rocky hills"; "barren lands"; "the bleak treeless regions of the high Andes"; "the desolate surface of the moon"; "a stark landscape"barren, desolate, stark, bareinhospitable - unfavorable to life or growth; "the barren inhospitable desert"; "inhospitable mountain areas" | | 3. |  bleak - unpleasantly cold and damp; "bleak winds of the North Atlantic"cutting, rawcold - having a low or inadequate temperature or feeling a sensation of coldness or having been made cold by e.g. ice or refrigeration; "a cold climate"; "a cold room"; "dinner has gotten cold"; "cold fingers"; "if you are cold, turn up the heat"; "a cold beer" |
bleakadjective1. dismal, black, dark, depressing, grim, discouraging, gloomy, hopeless, dreary, sombre, unpromising, disheartening, joyless, cheerless, comfortless The immediate outlook remains bleak.
dismal promising, encouraging, cheerful, cosy2. exposed, open, empty, raw, bare, stark, barren, desolate, gaunt, windswept, weather-beaten, unsheltered The island's pretty bleak.
exposed protected, sheltered, shielded3. stormy, cold, severe, bitter, rough, harsh, chilly, windy, wintry, tempestuous, intemperate The weather can be quite bleak on the coast.bleakadjective1. Dark and depressing:black, blue, cheerless, dark, desolate, dismal, dreary, gloomy, glum, joyless, somber, tenebrific.2. Cold and forbidding:austere, dour, grim, hard, harsh, severe, stark.Translationsbleak (bliːk) adjective1. cold and unsheltered. a bleak landscape. 荒涼的 荒凉的2. not hopeful. a bleak outlook for the future. 暗淡的，無希望的 惨淡的，无望的 bleak
paint a (some kind of) picture of (something)To give an elaborate or detailed description of something that portrays it in a specific way. The board meeting painted a pretty grim picture of the company's future. Jonathan always paints an idyllic picture of our childhood, glossing over the bad memories of our father.See also: kind, of, paint, picturelook bleakTo seem or appear very unfavorable or utterly hopeless; to seem grim or bleak. Whenever things start to look bleak in life, my children always make me feel immensely better. After reviewing the fourth quarter financials, things are looking pretty bleak for the company.See also: bleak, lookbleak
bleak any slender silvery European cyprinid fish of the genus Alburnus, esp A. lucidus, occurring in slow-flowing rivers Bleak (Alburnus alburnus), a freshwater school fish of the family Cyprinidae. The bleak may measure up to 20 cm in length and weigh as much as 60 g. The mouth is directed forward; the scales fall off easily. Distributed in river basins of Western Europe and the European part of the USSR, the fish lives in slow-moving rivers and is numerous in reservoirs. It spawns intermittently from May through July each year after attaining sexual maturity at the age of three years. The female produces 3,000–10,500 eggs, which it deposits on plants. The bleak feeds on plankton and algae. It serves as food for a number of predatory fishes and is fished commercially. REFERENCESNikol’skii, G. V. Chastnaia ikhtiologiia, 3rd ed. Moscow, 1971.
Ryby SSSR. Moscow, 1969.bleak
Related to bleak: dismal, Bleak HouseSynonyms for bleakadj dismalSynonyms- dismal
- black
- dark
- depressing
- grim
- discouraging
- gloomy
- hopeless
- dreary
- sombre
- unpromising
- disheartening
- joyless
- cheerless
- comfortless
Antonyms- promising
- encouraging
- cheerful
- cosy
adj exposedSynonyms- exposed
- open
- empty
- raw
- bare
- stark
- barren
- desolate
- gaunt
- windswept
- weather-beaten
- unsheltered
Antonyms- protected
- sheltered
- shielded
adj stormySynonyms- stormy
- cold
- severe
- bitter
- rough
- harsh
- chilly
- windy
- wintry
- tempestuous
- intemperate
Synonyms for bleakadj dark and depressingSynonyms- black
- blue
- cheerless
- dark
- desolate
- dismal
- dreary
- gloomy
- glum
- joyless
- somber
- tenebrific
adj cold and forbiddingSynonyms- austere
- dour
- grim
- hard
- harsh
- severe
- stark
Synonyms for bleakadj offering little or no hopeSynonymsRelated Wordsadj providing no shelter or sustenanceSynonymsRelated Wordsadj unpleasantly cold and dampSynonymsRelated Words |