bleak

Words with a similar base: bleak

'bleak'

[black.s.02] as in: offering little or no hope; ; ; - J.M.Synge

Examples:
the future looked black
prospects were bleak
Life in the Aran Islands has always been bleak and difficult
took a dim view of things

'bleak'

[bare.s.06] as in: providing no shelter or sustenance

Examples:
bare rocky hills
barren lands
the bleak treeless regions of the high Andes
the desolate surface of the moon
a stark landscape

'bleak'

[bleak.s.03] as in: unpleasantly cold and damp

Examples:
bleak winds of the North Atlantic

Origins

					bleak (English)
└── bleke (Middle English (1100-1500))

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