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bleak

/bliːk/

/blik/

bleakadjective

bleaker

Comp.

bleakest

Super.

/bliːk/

/blik/

Translations

мрачный

The landscape was bleak and desolate.

Пейзаж был мрачным и пустынным.

унылый

The future seemed bleak for the small company.

Будущее казалось унылым для небольшой компании.

холодный

The weather was bleak and uninviting.

Погода была холодной и неприветливой.

Additional translations

пустынный

безрадостный

тоскливый

Definitions

Lacking in warmth, life, or kindliness; grim or depressing.

The bleak landscape stretched out before them, devoid of any signs of life.

Not hopeful or encouraging; unlikely to have a favorable outcome.

The future looked bleak for the small company after the loss of its biggest client.

Exposed and barren, often windswept or desolate.

The bleak moorland was a challenging environment for the hikers.

Cold and raw, especially of wind or weather.

A bleak wind swept across the open fields.

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bleaknoun

bleak

/bliːk/

/blik/

Denotes the small European freshwater fish Alburnus alburnus.

Definitions

A small silvery European freshwater fish of the carp family (Alburnus alburnus).

The river was full of bleak darting just beneath the surface.