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bleak

Letters that make bleak

a, b, e, k, l are letters that make 'bleak'

Words within bleak

leak, Ea, lea, AK, LE are words within 'bleak'

Words created by adding a letter to the beginning or end of bleak

bleaks is a word created by adding a letter to 'bleak'

bleak is a 5 letter word starting with b
bleak is a 5 letter word ending with k

3 possible definitions for 'bleak'

Bleak as "providing no shelter or sustenance"

Under this definition, bleak is an adjective and has the following properties:

Synonyms

barren, bare, desolate, stark have the same meaning as 'bleak'

Derivatives of bleak

nakedness, bareness, starkness, wasteland, fruitlessness, aridity, barrenness, barren, waste, desolation, bleakness are derivatives of 'bleak'.

Similar to bleak

inhospitable is similar to bleak.

Example of bleak used within this context

"bare rocky hills", "barren lands", "the bleak treeless regions of the high Andes", "the desolate surface of the moon", "a stark landscape"

Bleak as "unpleasantly cold and damp"

Under this definition, bleak is an adjective and has the following properties:

Synonyms

raw, cutting have the same meaning as 'bleak'

Derivatives of bleak

nakedness, bareness, desolation, rawness, bleakness are derivatives of 'bleak'.

Similar to bleak

cold is similar to bleak.

Example of bleak used within this context

"bleak winds of the North Atlantic"

Bleak as "offering little or no hope"

Under this definition, bleak is an adjective and has the following properties:

Synonyms

black, dim have the same meaning as 'bleak'

Derivatives of bleak

nakedness, bareness, desolation, bleakness are derivatives of 'bleak'.

Similar to bleak

hopeless is similar to bleak.

Example of bleak used within this context

"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"