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bleakest |
Overview of adj bleak The adj bleak has 3 senses (first 2 from tagged texts) 1. (2) black, bleak, dim -- (offering little or no hope; "the future looked black"; "prospects were bleak"; "Life in the Aran Islands has always been bleak and difficult"- J.M.Synge; "took a dim view of things") 2. (1) bare, barren, bleak, desolate, stark -- (providing no shelter or sustenance; "bare rocky hills"; "barren lands"; "the bleak treeless regions of the high Andes"; "the desolate surface of the moon"; "a stark landscape") 3. bleak, cutting, raw -- (unpleasantly cold and damp; "bleak winds of the North Atlantic") Antonyms of adj bleak 3 senses of bleak Sense 1 black, bleak, dim INDIRECT (VIA hopeless) -> hopeful Sense 2 bare, barren, bleak, desolate, stark INDIRECT (VIA inhospitable) -> hospitable Sense 3 bleak, cutting, raw INDIRECT (VIA cold) -> hot Similarity of adj bleak 3 senses of bleak Sense 1 black, bleak, dim => hopeless (vs. hopeful) Sense 2 bare, barren, bleak, desolate, stark => inhospitable (vs. hospitable) Sense 3 bleak, cutting, raw => cold (vs. hot) Attributes of adj bleak Familiarity of adj bleak bleak used as an adjective is uncommon (polysemy count = 3) Grep of adj bleak bleak Overview of adj bleak The adj bleak has 3 senses (first 2 from tagged texts) 1. (2) black, bleak, dim -- (offering little or no hope; "the future looked black"; "prospects were bleak"; "Life in the Aran Islands has always been bleak and difficult"- J.M.Synge; "took a dim view of things") 2. (1) bare, barren, bleak, desolate, stark -- (providing no shelter or sustenance; "bare rocky hills"; "barren lands"; "the bleak treeless regions of the high Andes"; "the desolate surface of the moon"; "a stark landscape") 3. bleak, cutting, raw -- (unpleasantly cold and damp; "bleak winds of the North Atlantic")
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