bleak
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[edit] English
[edit] Pronunciation
- IPA: /bli:k/
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- Rhymes: -iːk
[edit] Etymology 1
From Old Norse bleikr (“‘pale, whitish’”)[1]. Cognates include Danish bleg and German bleich, unattested Gothic *blaiks[2]; or from Old English blāc[3]
[edit] Adjective
bleak (comparative bleaker, superlative bleakest)
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- Without color; pale; pallid.
- Desolate and exposed; swept by cold winds.
- Cold; cheerless.
- Downtown Albany felt bleak that February after the divorce.
[edit] Translations
without color
desolate and exposed
cheerless
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[edit] Etymology 2
Probably from Old Norse bleikja.
[edit] Noun
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bleak (plural bleaks)
- A small European river fish (Alburnus alburnus), of the family Cyprinidae; the blay.
[edit] Translations
small European river fish
[edit] References
- Notes:
- ^ “bleak” in the Online Etymology Dictionary, Douglas Harper, 2001
- ^ Germanic cognates in Deutsches Wörterbuch
- ^ [1]
