BLEAK

bleak

Noun

  1. A small European river fish (Alburnus alburnus), of the family Cyprinidae.

Adjective

  1. Without color; pale; pallid.
  2. Desolate and exposed; swept by cold winds.
  3. Unhappy; cheerless; miserable; emotionally desolate.
    Downtown Albany felt bleak that February after the divorce.
    A bleak future is in store for you.


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