bleak

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/bliːk/ English

Definitions

adjective

Without color; pale; pallid.
Desolate and exposed; swept by cold winds.“A bleak and bare rock.”
Unhappy; cheerless; miserable; emotionally desolate.“A bleak future is in store for you.”

noun

A small European river fish (Alburnus alburnus), of the family Cyprinidae.

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Synonyms

ablet alburn blay hopeless desolate black stark barren inhospitable bare dim raw cutting cold sombre gloomy faint grim

Associated

midwinter dystopian depressing dickens outlook carp prospects despair expectations prophecy humour

Rhymes

shriek oblique sleek unique physique weak antique bespeak sneak freak

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