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# bleak

adjective (bleak, bleaker, bleakest)

«bleak» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Cold, bare and empty of comfort, with no warmth or sun. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bleak/#m1)
2. Hopeless, with little to look forward to. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bleak/#m2)

### In the lessons

a cold, empty place or a sad, lonely situation in a tale.

### Examples

- The bleak moor had no trees. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bleak/#x1)
- Clouds hid the sun on a bleak winter day. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bleak/#x2)
- The little girl felt alone in the bleak streets. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bleak/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «bleak» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bleak/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«bleak» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/bleak.html) on Mova free.