bleak: Meaning and Definition of
bleak
Pronunciation: (blēk), [key] — -er, -est.
- bare, desolate, and often windswept: a bleak plain.
- cold and piercing; raw: a bleak wind.
- without hope or encouragement; depressing; dreary: a bleak future.
bleak
Pronunciation: (blēk), [key] — n.
- a European freshwater fish, Alburnus alburnus, having scales with a silvery pigment that is used in the production of artificial pearls.
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