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bleak

The correct spelling is bleak.

How to pronounce bleak

/bliːk/
adjective

IPA: /bliːk/

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The correct spelling is bleak. Without color; pale; pallid. For example: "A bleak and bare rock."

Usage Examples

A bleak and bare rock.

A bleak future is in store for you.

Meanings

adjective

  1. 1.Without color; pale; pallid.
  2. 2.Desolate and exposed; swept by cold winds.
  3. 3.Unhappy; cheerless; miserable; emotionally desolate.

noun

  1. 1.A small European river fish (Alburnus alburnus), of the family Cyprinidae.

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