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Definitions for Bleak

[1] bare, desolate, and often windswept: a bleak plain.
[2] cold and piercing; raw: a bleak wind.
[3] without hope or encouragement; depressing; dreary: a bleak future.
[4] a European freshwater fish, Alburnus alburnus, having scales with a silvery pigment that is used in the production of artificial pearls.
[5] exposed and barren; desolate
[6] cold and raw
[7] offering little hope or excitement; dismal a bleak future
[8] any slender silvery European cyprinid fish of the genus Alburnus , esp A. lucidus , occurring in slow-flowing rivers

Words related to Bleak

desolate, austere, dreary, chilly, cold, grim, lonely, harsh, somber, sad, dark, gloomy, dismal, bare, blank, burned, desert, deserted, exposed, flat

Words nearby Bleak

bleacher, bleacherite, bleachers, bleachery, bleaching powder, bleak, bleak house, blear, bleary, bleary-eyed, bleasdale

Origin of Bleak

21400–50; late Middle English bleke, noun use of bleke pale; see bleak1

Other words from Bleak

bleak·ish , adjective
bleak·ly , adverb
bleak·ness , noun

Word origin for Bleak

C15: probably from Old Norse bleikja white colour; related to Old High German bleiche bleach

Synonyms for Bleak

austere, chilly, cold, desolate, dreary, grim, bare, blank, blighted, bombed, bulldozed, burned, cleared, deforested, desert, deserted, exposed, flat, gaunt, open, raw, scorched, stripped, unpopulated, unsheltered, weather-beaten, wild, windswept