bleak, adj.
freq. cnt. 3
freq. cnt. 3
offering little or no hope
<adj.all> freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2
black bleak dim
sample sentences
"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"
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derivationally related form
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similar to
providing no shelter or sustenance
<adj.all> freq. cnt.: 5 freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 1
bare barren bleak desolate stark
sample sentences
"bare rocky hills""barren lands"
"the bleak treeless regions of the high Andes"
"the desolate surface of the moon"
"a stark landscape"
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derivationally related form
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similar to
unpleasantly cold and damp
<adj.all>
bleak cutting raw