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bleak
adjective /bliːk/Definition
C2 If a place is bleak, it is empty, and not welcoming or attractive: The house stands on a bleak, windswept moor.Describing bad weatherNot attractive to look atSerious and unpleasant › bleak weather is cold and unpleasant C2 If a situation is bleak, there is little or no hope for the future: The economic outlook is bleak.Not hopeful bleakness
/ˈbliːk.nəs/ noun [U]
(Definition of bleak adjective from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- a blot on the landscape idiom
- be no oil painting idiom
- be not much to look at idiom
- blowsy adjective
- charmless adjective
- florid adjective (DECORATED)
- ghoulish adjective
- hideously adverb
- horsey adjective
- icky adjective
- inelegant adjective
- look a fright idiom
- minger noun
- monstrosity noun
- putrid adjective (UNPLEASANT)
- ugly adjective (NOT ATTRACTIVE)
- ugly duckling noun
- unappealing adjective
- unattractive adjective
- unbecoming adjective
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