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bleak
(bl/i/k )

adjective (a)

  • Without color; pale; pallid.(adjective)
    source: webster1913

noun (n)

  • A small European river fish (Leuciscus alburnus), of the family Cyprinidæ; the blay.(noun)
    source: webster1913

adjective satellite (s)

  • offering little or no hope(adj.all)
    Example:
    Prospects were bleak.
    Life in the Aran Islands has always been bleak and difficult.
    Synonym:
    black, dim
    source: wordnet30
  • providing no shelter or sustenance(adj.all)
    Example:
    The bleak treeless regions of the high Andes.
    Synonym:
    bare, barren, desolate, stark
    source: wordnet30
  • unpleasantly cold and damp(adj.all)
    Example:
    Bleak winds of the North Atlantic.
    Synonym:
    cutting, raw
    source: wordnet30
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