providing no shelter or sustenance; "bare rocky hills"; "barren lands"; "the bleak treeless regions of the high Andes"; "the desolate surface of the moon"; "a stark landscape"
A small European river fish (Alburnus alburnus), of the family Cyprinidae; the blay
If someone looks or sounds bleak, they look or sound depressed, as if they have no hope or energy. Alberg gave him a bleak stare. + bleakly bleak·ly `There is nothing left,' she says bleakly
When the weather is bleak, it is cold, dull, and unpleasant. The weather can be quite bleak on the coast
If a situation is bleak, it is bad, and seems unlikely to improve. The immediate outlook remains bleak Many predicted a bleak future. = gloomy bright + bleakness bleak·ness The continued bleakness of the American job market was blamed
offering little or no hope; "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"
A small European river fish (Leuciscus alburnus), of the family Cyprinidæ; the blay