English-Thai Dictionary

bleak

ADJ ยะเยือก  อ้างว้าง  เปล่าเปลี่ยว  ya-yueak

 

bleak

ADJ โดย สิ้นหวัง  โดย หมดหวัง  cheerless depressing doi-sin-wang

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

BLEAK

a. 1. Pale. [But not often used in this sense, in America, as far as my observations extend. ]
2. Open; vacant; exposed to a free current of air; as a bleak hill or shore. This is the true sense of the word; hence cold and cheerless. A bleak wind is not so named merely from its coldness, but from its blowing without interruption, on a wide waste; at least this is the sense in America. So in Addison. "Her desolation presents us with nothing but bleak and barren prospects."

 

BLEAK

n.A small river fish, five or six inches long, so named from its whiteness. It belongs to the genus Cyprinus, and is known to the Londoners by the name of white bait. It is called also by contraction blay.

 

BLEAKISH

a.Moderately bleak.

 

BLEAKNESS

n.Openness of situation; exposure to the wind; hence coldness.

 

BLEAKY

a.Bleak; open unsheltered; cold; chill.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

BLEAK

Bleak, a. Etym: [OE. blac, bleyke, bleche, AS. blac, bl, pale, wan; akin to Icel. bleikr, Sw. blek, Dan. bleg, OS. bl, D. bleek, OHG. pleih, G. bleich; all from the root of AS. blican to shine; akin to OHG. blichen to shine; cf. L. flagrare to burn, Gr. to burn, shine, Skr. bhraj to shine, and E. flame. Bleach, Blink, Flame. ]

 

1. Without color; pale; pallid. [Obs. ] When she came out she looked as pale and as bleak as one that were laid out dead. Foxe.

 

2. Desolate and exposed; swept by cold winds. Wastes too bleak to rear The common growth of earth, the foodful ear. Wordsworth. At daybreak, on the bleak sea beach. Longfellow.

 

3. Cold and cutting; cheerless; as, a bleak blast. -- Bleak "ish, a. -- Bleak "ly, adv. -- Bleak "ness, n.

 

BLEAK

Bleak, n. Etym: [From Bleak, a., cf. Blay. ] (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: A small European river fish (Leuciscus alburnus ), of the family Cyprinidæ; the blay. [Written also blick. ]

 

Note: The silvery pigment lining the scales of the bleak is used in the manufacture of artificial pearls. Baird.

 

BLEAKY

BLEAKY Bleak "y, a.

 

Defn: Bleak. [Obs. ] Dryden.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

bleak

bleak 1 |blēk blik | ▶adjective (of an area of land ) lacking vegetation and exposed to the elements: a bleak and barren moor. • (of a building or room ) charmless and inhospitable; dreary: he looked around the bleak little room in despair. • (of the weather ) cold and miserable: a bleak midwinter's day. • (of a situation or future prospect ) not hopeful or encouraging; unlikely to have a favorable outcome: he paints a bleak picture of a company that has lost its way. • (of a person or a person's expression ) cold and forbidding: his bleak, near vacant eyes grew remote. DERIVATIVES bleak ly adverb, bleak ness noun ORIGIN Old English blāc ‘shining, white, ’ or in later use from synonymous Old Norse bleikr; ultimately of Germanic origin and related to bleach .

 

bleak

bleak 2 |blik blēk | ▶noun a small silvery shoaling fish of the minnow family, found in Eurasian rivers. [Genera Alburnus and Chalcalburnus, family Cyprinidae: several species, in particular A. alburnus. ] ORIGIN late 15th cent.: from Old Norse bleikja.

 

Oxford Dictionary

bleak

bleak 1 |bliːk | ▶adjective (of an area of land ) lacking vegetation and exposed to the elements: a bleak and barren moor. • (of a building or room ) charmless and inhospitable; dreary: he looked round the bleak little room in despair. • (of the weather ) cold and miserable: a bleak midwinter's day. • (of a situation ) not hopeful or encouraging; unlikely to have a favourable outcome: he paints a bleak picture of a company that has lost its way | the future looks bleak. • (of a person's expression ) cold and forbidding: his mouth was set and his eyes were bleak. DERIVATIVES bleakly adverb, bleakness noun ORIGIN Old English blāc ‘shining, white ’, or in later use from synonymous Old Norse bleikr; ultimately of Germanic origin and related to bleach .

 

bleak

bleak 2 |bliːk | ▶noun a small silvery shoaling fish of the carp family, found in Eurasian rivers. ●Genera Alburnus and Chalcalburnus, family Cyprinidae: several species, in particular A. alburnus. ORIGIN late 15th cent.: from Old Norse bleikja.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

bleak

bleak adjective 1 a bleak landscape: bare, exposed, desolate, stark, desert, lunar, open, empty, windswept; treeless, without vegetation, denuded. ANTONYMS lush. 2 the future is bleak: unpromising, unfavorable, unpropitious, inauspicious; discouraging, disheartening, depressing, dreary, dismal, dim, gloomy, black, dark, grim, hopeless, somber. ANTONYMS promising. 3 a bleak wind: cold, bitter, biting, raw, freezing, icy. WORD TOOLKIT See dismal . Word Toolkits illustrate the difference between close synonyms by means of words typically used with them.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

bleak

bleak adjective 1 a bleak landscape: bare, exposed, desolate, stark, arid, desert, denuded, lunar, open, empty, windswept; treeless, forestless, without vegetation, defoliated; unsheltered, unprotected, unshielded; rare unwooded. ANTONYMS lush, verdant. 2 a bleak wind had got up: cold, keen, raw, harsh, wintry; piercing, penetrating, biting, nipping, stinging, sharp; freezing, icy, icy-cold, frosty, frigid, chilly; informal nippy; Brit. informal parky; literary chill. ANTONYMS warm, balmy. 3 the future looks bleak: unpromising, unfavourable, unpropitious, inauspicious, adverse, disadvantageous, uninviting, discouraging, disheartening, depressing, cheerless, joyless, gloomy, sombre, dreary, dismal, wretched, miserable, black, dark, grim, drab, portentous, foreboding, hopeless, ominous. ANTONYMS promising, hopeful. WORD TOOLKIT bleak See dismal . Word Toolkits illustrate the difference between close synonyms by means of words typically used with them.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

bleak

bleak /bliːk /形容詞 ～er ; ～est 1 〈状況が 〉喜べない , よくなる見込みのない ▸ bleak news 暗いニュース ▸ a bleak future [outlook ] of the economy 経済の暗い見通し 2 〈天気 景色などが 〉寒々とした; 〈人が 〉落ち込んで元気のない ▸ a bleak wind 身を刺すような冷たい風

 

bleakly

bl é ak ly 副詞 寒々と, 暗澹 （たん ）たる気持ちで, わびしそうに .

 

bleakness

bl é ak ness 名詞 U 寒々とした状況 [様子 ], わびしさ .