Definitions for bleak

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Spelling: [bleek]

IPA: /blik/

Bleak is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 63 anagrams from letters in bleak (abekl).

Definitions for bleak

noun

1. a European freshwater fish, Alburnus alburnus, having scales with a silvery pigment that is used in the production of artificial pearls.

adjective

1. bare, desolate, and often windswept:
2. cold and piercing; raw:
3. without hope or encouragement; depressing; dreary:

Origin of bleak

1300-50; Middle English bleke pale, blend of variants bleche (Old English blǣc) and blake (Old English blāc); both cognate with Old Norse bleikr, German bleich; akin to

Examples for bleak

With no family, little community support, and no outlet for education, they face a bleak future.

And surprisingly, gender may also play a role in your bleak winter outlook.

He stood off from us with his arms folded and his face was as bleak as a winter-bitten wood.

His bleak face looked soft and his deep voice had a slight tremor.

Set among the vacant houses of suburban New Mexico, the film offers a bleak perspective on the possibility of growth and renewal.

A dense forest was behind them, the bleak ocean before them.

Catastrophic sea level rise is depicted in the comics in a terrifying, bleak future.

In front the day-break was bursting the confines of the bleak racks of cloud.

The morning was cold, and a strong wind swept the bleak hills.

Hitchcock saw the work of, and probably met, Murnau, the great German filmmaker--the earliest master of bleak light and shadow.