| ADJECTIVE | all | bleak, black, dim | offering little or no hope |
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| all | bleak, bare, barren, desolate, stark | providing no shelter or sustenance | |
| all | bleak, cutting, raw | unpleasantly cold and damp |
| Sounds | bliy'k | |
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| Rhymes | antique ... wreak: 54 rhymes with iyk... | |
| Meaning | offering little or no hope. | |
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| Synonyms | black, dim | |
| Broader | hopeless | Without hope because there seems to be no possibility of comfort or success |
| Spanish | desolador, negro, sombrío | |
| Catalan | desolador, negre, ombrívol | |
| Nouns | bleakness | a bleak / bleak and desolate atmosphere |
| Adverbs | bleakly | without hope |
| Meaning | Providing no shelter or sustenance. | |
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| Example | "the bleak treeless regions of the high Andes" | |
| Synonyms | bare, barren, desolate, stark | |
| Broader | inhospitable | unfavorable to life or growth |
| Spanish | árido, desértico, desierto, desolado, estéril, yermo | |
| Catalan | àrid, desert, desèrtic, desolat, erm, estèril | |
| Nouns | bleakness | a bleak / bleak and desolate atmosphere |
| Meaning | unpleasantly cold and damp. | |
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| Example | "bleak winds of the North Atlantic" | |
| Synonyms | cutting, raw | |
| Broader | cold | Having a low or inadequate temperature or feeling a sensation of coldness or having been made cold by e.g. ice or refrigeration |
| Spanish | crudo | |
| Nouns | bleakness | a bleak / bleak and desolate atmosphere |
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