bleak
🇺🇸
/bliːk/
🇬🇧
/bliːk/
adjective
R
without hope or good things to expect
The future looked bleak after the company announced massive layoffs.
R
cold and not nice
The weather was bleak and windy all day long.
R
bare and not pretty
The bleak desert stretched for miles without any trees.
translation
without hope or good things to expect; cold and not nice; bare and not pretty
Word Forms
Comparative
bleaker
Superlative
bleakest