Bleak meaning: 1

BLEAK meaning: 1. If a place is bleak, it is empty, and not welcoming or attractive: 2. Bleak weather is cold and…. Learn more. bleak (comparative bleaker, superlative bleakest) Without color; pale; pallid. synonyms quotations Synonyms: pasty, sallow; see also Thesaurus: pallid Bleak means not giving any reason to have hope or expect anything good, or cold and unpleasant, or exposed and empty. Learn how to use this adjective with pictures, pronunciation, and collocations. Something that is bleak is gloomy and depressing. If it's raining and dark, you might describe the night as bleak. If you have looked for work and no one will hire you, you could describe your prospects as bleak.