bleakly
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adjective, bleak·er, bleak·est.
1.
bare, desolate, and often windswept: a bleak plain.
2.
cold and piercing; raw: a bleak wind.
3.
without hope or encouragement; depressing; dreary: a bleak future.
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bleak1 (bliːk) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | exposed and barren; desolate |
| 2. | cold and raw |
| 3. | offering little hope or excitement; dismal: a bleak future |
| [Old English blāc bright, pale; related to Old Norse bleikr white, Old High German bleih pale] | |
| 'bleakly1 | |
| —adv | |
| 'bleakness1 | |
| —n | |
| bleak1 (bliːk) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | exposed and barren; desolate |
| 2. | cold and raw |
| 3. | offering little hope or excitement; dismal: a bleak future |
| [Old English blāc bright, pale; related to Old Norse bleikr white, Old High German bleih pale] | |
| 'bleakly1 | |
| —adv | |
| 'bleakness1 | |
| —n | |
| bleak2 (bliːk) | |
| —n | |
| any slender silvery European cyprinid fish of the genus Alburnus, esp A. lucidus, occurring in slow-flowing rivers | |
| [C15: probably from Old Norse bleikja white colour; related to Old High German bleiche | |
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Word Origin & History
bleak
c.1300, from O.N. bleikr "pale," from P.Gmc. *blaika- "shining, white," from PIE base *bhel- (1) "to shine, flash, burn" (see bleach). Sense of "cheerless" is c.1719 figurative extension. The same Germanic root produced O.E. blac "pale," but this died out, probably from confusion
with blæc "black;" but bleikr persisted, with a sense of "bare" as well as "pale." Related: Bleakness (c.1600).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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Example sentences
Anthropomorphism, as it is bleakly known, was decreed to be free of health risks.
With winter bleakly settling upon the lonely north woods, it's the expression of neighborliness that's important.
It's tempting to think of this bleakly nihilistic film as an expression of its creator's weariness with his own ideas.
The rest are now divided between the bleakly resigned and the frankly terrified.
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