bleak
/bliːk/
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American sound/bliːk/
bleak
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bleak /bli:k/ adj (-er , -est )
၁။ (က) (ကွင်း)ပြောင်။ (တောင်)ကတုံး စသည်။ bleak hills/mountains/moors.
(ခ) (ရာသီဥတု) အလွန်အေး၍ ဆိုးဝါးသော။ a bleak winter day.
၂။ (အခြေ အနေ)
မျှော်လင့်အားရဖွယ် မရှိသော။ စိတ်ဓာတ်ကျစရာ။ a bleak outlook/prospect ❍ The future looks bleak. bleakly adv : bleakly lit corridors မှောင်ကုပ်ကုပ်စင်္ကြံ။
❍ a bleakly realistic account of urban poverty စိတ်ဓာတ်ကျ စရာကောင်းလောက်အောင် သဘာဝကျကျ ဖော်ပြထားသော မြို့ပြ၏ဆင်းရဲမွဲတေပုံ။
❍ ‘There seems no hope,’ she said bleakly. bleakness n [U]
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Synonyms
unwelcoming, austere, miserable, drab, dreary, depressing, desolate, uninviting, lonely, isolated, bare, barren, biting, bitter, black, blank, blighted, bombed, bulldozed, burned, cheerless, chilling, chilly, cleared, cold, comfortless, dark, deforested, dejected, desert, deserted, despairing, despondent, discouraging, disheartened, disheartening, dismal, doubtful, dour, downhearted, drear, exposed, flat, forlorn, funereal, futile, gaunt, gloomy, grim, hard, harsh, hopeless, joyless, melancholy, mournful, open, oppressive, raw, sad, scorched, somber, sorrowful, stripped, unpopulated, unpromising, unsheltered, weather-beaten, wild, windswept, wintry
Antonyms
appealing, bright, cheerful, comfortable, comforting, congenial, encouraging, friendly, glad, happy, hopeful, hot, joyful, light, nice, pleasant, promising, sunny, sympathetic, warm
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