Bleak – meaning, usage, quotes, and social examples

The word of the day is ‘bleak’.

The word is an adjective, i.e., it adds more information about the noun or sentence.

No, the word is an adjective. Therefore, it does not have a past form.

It means:
1. Barren
2. Depressing
3. Cold and miserable
4. Barren Moor

1. Hindi – Berang
2. Spanish – Desolado
3. French – Morne
4. Mandarin – Cāngliáng

1. The morning was cold, and a strong wind swept the bleak hills.
2. His bleak face looked soft and his deep voice had a slight tremor.
3. Only bleak, black and grey hills of rock and rubble were there, no cars, no life.
4. Sunday was bleak and stormy, and no one stirred out of the house.
5. He stood off from us with his arms folded and his face was as bleak as a winter-bitten wood.

Some synonyms of today’s word are:
austere, chilly, cold, desolate, dreary, grim, bare, blank, blighted, bombed, bulldozed, burned, cleared, deforested, desert, deserted, exposed, flat, gaunt, open, raw, scorched, stripped, unpopulated, unsheltered, weather-beaten, wild, windswept, stark, arid, denuded, empty, treeless, without vegetation, defoliated, unwooded, keen, harsh, wintry, piercing, penetrating, biting, nipping, stinging, sharp, freezing, icy, icy-cold, frosty, frigid, nippy etc.

bright, cheerful, friendly, happy, hot, sympathetic, warm, appealing, comfortable, comforting, congenial, encouraging, nice, pleasant, sunny, lush, verdant, balmy