Bleak

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  • adjective. undefined
  • adjective. Gloomy and somber.
  • adjective. Providing no encouragement; depressing.
  • adjective. Cold and cutting; raw.
  • adjective. Exposed to the elements; unsheltered and barren.
  • noun. Any of various small European freshwater fishes of the genus Alburnus, having silvery scales.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Pale; pallid; wan; of a sickly hue.
  • Exposed to cold and winds; desolate; bare of vegetation.
  • Cheerless; dreary.
  • Cold; chill; piercing; desolating.
  • To make white or pale; bleach.
  • To become white or pale.
  • To blacken; darken.
  • noun. An English name of a small cyprinoid fish, Alburnus lucidus. Other forms of the name are bleik, blick. Also called blay.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A small European river fish (Leuciscus alburnus), of the family Cyprinidæ; the blay.
  • adjective. Without color; pale; pallid.
  • adjective. Desolate and exposed; swept by cold winds.
  • adjective. Cold and cutting; cheerless.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A small European river fish (Alburnus alburnus), of the family Cyprinidae.
  • adjective. Without color; pale; pallid.
  • adjective. Desolate and exposed; swept by cold winds.
  • adjective. Unhappy; cheerless; miserable.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adjective. offering little or no hope
  • adjective. unpleasantly cold and damp
  • adjective. providing no shelter or sustenance
  • Word Usage
    "The thought of Nick standing there in the stables, his expression bleak and angry, tall and dark yet so oddly comfortable and easy to be with, made the breath catch in her throat."
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    arid  bare  barren  cheerless  desolate  
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    blick