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[ adjective ] offering little or no hope
Examples "the future looked black" "prospects were bleak" "Life in the Aran Islands has always been bleak and difficult"- J.M.Synge "took a dim view of things" Used in print (Ann Hebson, The Lattimer Legend....)she asked him , seeing Juanita 's eyes grow bleak . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] providing no shelter or sustenance
Examples "bare rocky hills" "barren lands" "the bleak treeless regions of the high Andes" "the desolate surface of the moon" "a stark landscape" Used in print (Christopher Davis, First Family....)He was able , now , to sit for hours in a chair in the living_room and stare out at the bleak yard without moving . Related terms |
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