bleak /bliːk/adjective 3noun 1forms 3 adjective3 •Desolate and exposed; swept by cold winds.a bleak, crater-pocked moonscapeThey escaped across the bleak landscape. •Unhappy; cheerless; miserable; emotionally desolate.Downtown Albany felt bleak that February after the divorce.A bleak future is in store for you. •Without color; pale; pallid.When she came out she looked as pale and as bleak as one that were laid out dead. — 1563 noun1 •A small European river fish (Alburnus alburnus), of the family Cyprinidae. formsbleaks · bleaker · bleakest
