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  Bleak \Bleak\ (bl[=e]k), a. [OE. blac, bleyke, bleche, AS.
     bl[=a]c, bl[=ae]c, pale, wan; akin to Icel. bleikr, Sw. blek,
     Dan. bleg, OS. bl[=e]k, D. bleek, OHG. pleih, G. bleich; all
     from the root of AS. bl[=i]can to shine; akin to OHG.
     bl[=i]chen to shine; cf. L. flagrare to burn, Gr. fle`gein to
     burn, shine, Skr. bhr[=a]j to shine, and E. flame. [root]98.
     Cf. Bleach, Blink, Flame.]
     1. Without color; pale; pallid. [Obs.]
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              When she came out she looked as pale and as bleak as
              one that were laid out dead.          --Foxe.
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     2. Desolate and exposed; swept by cold winds.
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              Wastes too bleak to rear
              The common growth of earth, the foodful ear.
                                                    --Wordsworth.
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              At daybreak, on the bleak sea beach.  --Longfellow.
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     3. Cold and cutting; cheerless; as, a bleak blast.
        [1913 Webster] -- Bleak"ish, a. -- Bleak"ly, adv. --
        Bleak"ness, n.
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  Bleak \Bleak\, n. [From Bleak, a., cf. Blay.] (Zo["o]l.)
     A small European river fish ({Leuciscus alburnus), of the
     family Cyprinid[ae]; the blay. [Written also blick.]
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     Note: The silvery pigment lining the scales of the bleak is
           used in the manufacture of artificial pearls. --Baird.
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  Bleak \Bleak\, n. [From Bleak, a., cf. Blay.] (Zo["o]l.)
     A small European river fish ({Leuciscus alburnus), of the
     family Cyprinid[ae]; the blay. [Written also blick.]
  
     Note: The silvery pigment lining the scales of the bleak is
           used in the manufacture of artificial pearls. --Baird.

  Bleak \Bleak\, a. [OE. blac, bleyke, bleche, AS. bl[=a]c, bl?c,
     pale, wan; akin to Icel. bleikr, Sw. blek, Dan. bleg, OS.
     bl?k, D. bleek, OHG. pleih, G. bleich; all from the root of
     AS. bl[=i]can to shine; akin to OHG. bl[=i]chen to shine; cf.
     L. flagrare to burn, Gr. ? to burn, shine, Skr. bhr[=a]j to
     shine, and E. flame. ?98. Cf. Bleach, Blink, Flame.]
     1. Without color; pale; pallid. [Obs.]
  
              When she came out she looked as pale and as bleak as
              one that were laid out dead.          --Foxe.
  
     2. Desolate and exposed; swept by cold winds.
  
              Wastes too bleak to rear The common growth of earth,
              the foodful ear.                      --Wordsworth.
  
              At daybreak, on the bleak sea beach.  --Longfellow.
  
     3. Cold and cutting; cheerless; as, a bleak blast. --
        Bleak"ish, a. -- Bleak"ly, adv. -- Bleak"ness, n.

  bleak
       adj 1: offering little or no hope; "the future looked black";
              "prospects were bleak"; "Life in the Aran Islands has
              always been bleak and difficult"- J.M.Synge; "took a
              dim view of things" [syn: black, dim]
       2: providing no shelter or sustenance; "bare rocky hills";
          "barren lands"; "the bleak treeless regions of the high
          Andes"; "the desolate surface of the moon"; "a stark
          landscape" [syn: bare, barren, desolate, stark]
       3: unpleasantly cold and damp; "bleak winds of the North
          Atlantic" [syn: cutting, raw]

  bleak
     Αγγλικά a.
     χλωμός, αδύναμος, χωρίς χρώμα

  bleak
     a.
     1 Without color; pale; pallid.
     2 desolate and exposed; swept by cold winds.
     n.
     A small European river fish (''Alburnus alburnus''), of the family
  Cyprinidae.

  bleak
     a.
     1 Without color; pale; pallid.
     2 desolate and exposed; swept by cold winds.
     n.
     A small European river fish (''Alburnus alburnus''), of the family
  Cyprinidae.

  bleak
     a.
     1 Without color; pale; pallid.
     2 desolate and exposed; swept by cold winds.
     n.
     A small European river fish (''Alburnus alburnus''), of the family
  Cyprinidae.

  bleak
     a.
     1 Without color; pale; pallid.
     2 desolate and exposed; swept by cold winds.
     n.
     A small European river fish (''Alburnus alburnus''), of the family
  Cyprinidae.

  bleak
     Englanti a.
     ankea, iloton
     Englanti n.
     salakka

  bleak /blˈiːk/
  1. aaklig, onaangenaam
  2. donker
  3. koud

  Bleak /blˈiːk/
  كئيب

  bleak //bliːk// 
  1. безрадостен, мрачен
  cheerless
  2. гол, открит
  desolate and exposed
  3. блед, безцветен
  without color

  bleak //bliːk// 
  блескач, уклей
  small European river fish

  bleak /blˈiːk/ 
  bezútěšný

  bleak /blˈiːk/ 
  neradostný

  bleak /blˈiːk/
  ernüchternd 

  bleak /blˈiːk/
  kahl, karg, düster 
     Synonym: gaunt
  

  bleak /blˈiːk/
  kalt, rau, trüb 
        "the prospects are (looking) bleak for sth."  - mit etw. sieht es trübe aus
   see: bleaker, bleakest, bleak weather
  

  bleak /blˈiːk/
  öde, öd, trostlos, unerfreulich 
        "a bleak landscape"  - eine trostlose Landschaft

  bleak /blˈiːk/
  
  γυμνός, ανεμοδαρμένος, σίρκο

  bleak //bliːk// 
  1. kolkko, synkkä
  cheerless
  2. karu, paljas
  desolate and exposed
  3. kalpea, väritön
  without color

  bleak //bliːk// 
  salakka
  small European river fish

  bleak /bleik/
  1. désagréable, maussade
  2. sombre
  3. foncé
  4. froid
  5. mélancolique

  bleak /blˈiːk/ 
  1. उदास
        "The night after the storm was a bleak night."
  2. शीतल
        "Bleak winds of the North Atlantic"

  bleak /blˈiːk/
  hladan, ogoljen, pust, turoban

  bleak /blˈiːk/
  1. halvány (mosoly)
  2. sivár
  3. széljárta
  4. szélhajtó küsz
  5. zord
  6. hideg
  7. kietlen
  8. puszta
  9. lakatlan
  10. kopár
  11. barátságtalan

  bleak /blˈiːk/
  1. sgradevole, spiacevole
  2. afflitto, triste
  3. buio, scuro
  4. freddo

  bleak /bleik/
  acidus, amarus

  bleak /bli:k/ 
    ponury, posępny

  bleak /bleik/
  1. desagradável, enjoado
  2. sombrio, triste
  3. frio
  4. melancólico
  5. escalvado

  bleak /bleik/
  1. horrible, lúgubre
  2. afligido, triste
  3. frío

  bleak //bliːk// 
  1. dyster
  cheerless
  2. blek, färglös
  without color

  bleak //bliːk// 
  löja, benlöja
  small European river fish

  bleak /blˈiːk/
  1. inci balığı, (zool.) Alburnus
  2. akkefal, gökçe balığı, (zool.) Alburnus mento.

  bleak /blˈiːk/
  1. rüzgâra maruz, açık, çıplak
  2. soğuk, ısınması güç
  3. kasvetli, sıkıcı, solgun. bleakly  rüzgara açık bir sekilde. bleakness  rüzgara açık oluş.

  
/ˈbɫik/

  134 Moby Thesaurus words for "bleak":
     Siberian, affecting, afflictive, affording no hope, algid,
     apathetic, arctic, austere, bare, barren, below zero, biting,
     bitter, bitterly cold, black, blown, boreal, brisk, brumal,
     cheerless, chilly, cold, cold as charity, cold as death,
     cold as ice, cold as marble, comfortless, crisp, cutting, dark,
     deplorable, depressing, depressive, desolate, despairing,
     desperate, despondent, discomforting, disconsolate, disheartening,
     dismal, dismaying, distressful, distressing, dolorific,
     dolorogenic, dolorous, dour, drear, drearisome, dreary, exposed,
     forlorn, freezing, freezing cold, frigid, funebrial, funereal,
     gelid, glacial, gloomy, grave, gray, grievous, grim, hard, harsh,
     hibernal, hiemal, hopeless, hyperborean, ice-cold, ice-encrusted,
     icelike, icy, in despair, inclement, joyless, keen, lamentable,
     melancholy, mournful, moving, nipping, nippy, numbing, oppressive,
     painful, pathetic, penetrating, piercing, pinching, piteous,
     pitiable, poignant, raw, regrettable, rigorous, rueful, sad,
     saddening, saturnine, severe, sharp, sleety, slushy, snappy,
     solemn, somber, sombrous, sore, sorrowful, stone-cold, stringent,
     subzero, supercooled, touching, triste, uncomfortable, unhappy,
     unhopeful, weariful, wearisome, weary, windblown, windswept,
     winterbound, winterlike, wintery, wintry, without hope, woebegone,
     woeful, wretched
  
  

  a. 萧瑟的;

     a. 萧瑟的,苍白的,荒凉的,阴冷的