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List of meaning for bleak

devoid of enthusiasm or life

black, bleak, dim(adj)

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"

bare, barren, bleak, desolate, stark(adj)

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"

bleak, cutting, raw(adj)

unpleasantly cold and damp

"bleak winds of the North Atlantic"

causing or marked by an atmosphere lacking in cheer

a bleak outlook for the team for the rest of the season

marked by wet and windy conditions

it was a dark and bleak wintry day

uncomfortably cool

a bleak December morning

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