adjective · rare

bleak

bleak · bleaker · bleakest

блідий

открытый, бледный, голый, бесцветный

trostlos, desolat, bleich, farblos

Without color; pale; pallidWithout color; pale; pallid.

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/bliːk/

» Our future looks bleak.

Meaning

3 senses

Without color; pale; pallid.
farblos, bleich, ausgeblichen
бесцве́тныйbescvétnyj, бле́дныйblédnyj
бліди́йblidýj
Desolate and exposed; swept by cold winds.
a bleak and bare rock
a bleak, crater-pocked moonscape
öde, ungeschützt, trostlos
го́лыйgólyj, откры́тыйotkrýtyj, незащищённыйnezaščiščónnyj
Unhappy; cheerless; miserable; emotionally desolate.
Downtown Albany felt bleak that February after the divorce.
A bleak future is in store for you.
freudlos, trostlos, trübe
мра́чныйmráčnyj, безра́достныйbezrádostnyj

More definitions

unpleasantly cold and damp
offering little or no hope
providing no shelter or sustenance

Examples

27 sentences

Our future looks bleak.
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The future is bleak.
Майбутнє похмуре.
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The economic situation is very bleak.
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Algeria is facing a bleak scenario.
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Things look bleak on the job front.
deMit Stellenangeboten sieht es zappenduster aus.
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Translations

8 languages

Українська

By meaning 1

without color:

Русский

By meaning 3

without color:

desolate and exposed:

cheerless:

Deutsch

By meaning 3

without color:

desolate and exposed:

cheerless:

Origin

From Middle English bleke (also bleche, whence the English doublet bleach (“pale, bleak”))

From Middle English bleke (also bleche, whence the English doublet bleach (“pale, bleak”)), and bleike (due to Old Norse), and earlier Middle English blak, blac (“pale, wan”), from Old English blǣc, blǣċ, blāc (“bleak, pale, pallid”) and Old Norse bleikr (“pale, whitish”), all from Proto-Germanic *blaikaz (“pale, shining”).

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