bleak

/bliːk/ adjective

Definition

NO HOPE › If a situation is bleak, there is little or no hope for the future: The future is looking bleak for small clubs struggling with debts.

NOT INTERESTING › If a place is bleak, it is cold, empty and not attractive: a bleak landscape

bleakness noun [U]

(Definition of bleak adjective from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

real or true

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