bleak
IPA: bɫˈik
noun
- A small European river fish (Alburnus alburnus), of the family Cyprinidae.
adjective
- Without color; pale; pallid.
- Desolate and exposed; swept by cold winds.
- Unhappy; cheerless; miserable; emotionally desolate.
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Examples of "bleak" in Sentences
- The atmosphere was bleak.
- The body of the bleak is elongated.
- The site was elevated in the winter a bleak place.
- This island is bleak and windswept and is covered with tundra.
- Dystopia is inspired by a bleak Orwellian vision of the future.
- The areas close to the housing projects are desolate and bleak.
- He is the founding member of the photography group Bleak Beauty.
- The landscape of the island's plateau is now bleak and windswept.
- Rivington and Bleak Hill are the main primary schools in the area.
- The album contained bleak and acerbic observations of Australian life.
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