adjective (bleaker, bleakest)
1 (of a situation) not hopeful or encouraging:
a bleak outlook / prospect * The future looks bleak for the fishing industry. * The medical prognosis was bleak. * They faced a financially bleak Christmas.
2 (of the weather) cold and unpleasant:
a bleak winter's day
3 (of a place) bare, empty or with no pleasant features:
a bleak landscape / hillside / moor * bleak concrete housing
bleakly adverb:
'There seems no hope,' she said bleakly. * bleakly lit corridors * It was a bleakly impressive coastline.
bleakness noun [U]
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
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