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bleak

 
 
/bliːk/ adjective

Translation

NO HOPE If a situation is bleak, there is little or no hope for the future.
umutsuz, gelecek vaad etmeyen
The future is looking bleak for small clubs struggling with debts.983
NOT INTERESTING If a place is bleak, it is cold, empty and not attractive.
soğuk, boş, sevimsiz, nahoş
a bleak landscape107019251518
bleakness noun [U]
umutsuzluk
(Definition of bleak adjective from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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