Bleak word meaning and definition

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Meaning and definition for "bleak" word

[adjective] 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"
[adjective] 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"
[adjective] unpleasantly cold and damp; "bleak winds of the North Atlantic"

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\Bleak\, a. [OE. blac, bleyke, bleche, AS. bl[=a]c, bl?c, pale, wan; akin to Icel. bleikr, Sw. blek, Dan. bleg, OS. bl?k, D. bleek, OHG. pleih, G. bleich; all from the root of AS. bl[=i]can to shine; akin to OHG. bl[=i]chen to shine; cf. L. flagrare to burn, Gr. ? to burn, shine, Skr. bhr[=a]j to shine, and E. flame. ?98. Cf. {Bleach}, {Blink}, {Flame}.] 1. Without color; pale; pallid. [Obs.] When she came out she looked as pale and as bleak as one that were laid out dead. --Foxe. 2. Desolate and exposed; swept by cold winds. Wastes too bleak to rear The common growth of earth, the foodful ear. --Wordsworth. At daybreak, on the bleak sea beach. --Longfellow. 3. Cold and cutting; cheerless; as, a bleak blast. -- {Bleak"ish}, a. -- {Bleak"ly}, adv. -- {Bleak"ness}, n.
\Bleak\, n. [From {Bleak}, a., cf. {Blay}.] (Zo["o]l.) A small European river fish ({Leuciscus alburnus}), of the family Cyprinid[ae]; the blay. [Written also {blick}.] Note: The silvery pigment lining the scales of the bleak is used in the manufacture of artificial pearls. --Baird.

Synonyms for bleak

bare, barren, black, cold, cutting, desolate, dim, hopeless, inhospitable, raw, stark

Related terms: bare, biting, chilly, cold as charity, cold as ice, cutting, deplorable, depressive, discomforting, disconsolate, dismaying, dolorous, dour, funebrial, hard, hibernal, icelike, moving, pitiable, raw, wintery, wintry

The fun area, different aproach to word »bleak«

Let's analyse "bleak" as pure text. This string has Five letters in One syllable and Two vowels. 40% of vowels is 1.4% more then average English word. Written in backwards: KAELB. Average typing speed for these characters is 1430 milliseconds. [info]

Morse code: -... .-.. . .- -.-

Numerology

Hearts desire number calculated from vowels: bleak: 5 + 1 = 6, reduced: 6 . and the final result is Six.
Destiny number calculated from all letters: bleak: 2 + 3 + 5 + 1 + 2 = 13, reduced: 4, and the final result is Four.

Tarot cards

Letter	Num.	Tarot c.	Meaning
A (1)	1	Magician	Creative, Inventive, Intuitive
B (1)	2	High Priestess	Compassionate, Caring, Knowing
E (1)	5	Hierophant	Wise, Crafty, Daring, Inventive
K (1)	11	Justice	Charismatic, Quick, Leader, Bold
L (1)	12	Hanged Man	Leader, Teacher, Healer, Decisive

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