bleak wind

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• bleak — [[t]blik[/t]] adj. er, est 1) bare, desolate, and often windswept: a bleak plain[/ex] 2) cold and piercing; raw: a bleak wind[/ex] 3) without hope or encouragement; depressing; dreary: a bleak future[/ex] • Etymology: 1300–50; ME bleke pale, b.… …   From formal English to slang

• bleak — bleak1 bleakish, adj. bleakly, adv. bleakness, n. /bleek/, adj., bleaker, bleakest. 1. bare, desolate, and often windswept: a bleak plain. 2. cold and piercing; raw: a bleak wind. 3. witho …   Universalium

• bleak — I. /blik / (say bleek) adjective 1. bare, desolate, and windswept: a bleak plain. 2. cold and piercing: a bleak wind. 3. dreary: a bleak prospect. {Middle English bleke pale, blend of bleche (Old English blæc) white, pale, from bleach, and blake… …  

• bleak — adjective 1) a bleak landscape Syn: bare, exposed, desolate, stark, desert, lunar, open, empty, windswept; treeless, without vegetation, denuded Ant: lush 2) …   Thesaurus of popular words

• bleak — bleak1 [blēk] adj. [ME bleik < ON bleikr, pale: see BLEACH] 1. exposed to wind and cold; unsheltered; treeless; bare 2. cold and cutting; harsh 3. not cheerful; gloomy; dreary 4. not promising or hopeful [a bleak future] …   English World dictionary

• bleak´ness — bleak1 «bleek», adjective. 1. swept by winds; bare: »The rocky peaks of high mountains are bleak. SYNONYM(S): desolate. 2. chilly; cold: »The bleak winter wind made him shiver. SYNONYM( …   Useful english dictionary

• bleak´ly — bleak1 «bleek», adjective. 1. swept by winds; bare: »The rocky peaks of high mountains are bleak. SYNONYM(S): desolate. 2. chilly; cold: »The bleak winter wind made him shiver. SYNONYM( …   Useful english dictionary

• bleak — a. 1. Unsheltered, exposed, bare, unprotected, wind swept, storm beaten. 2. Cold, chill, chilly, raw, biting, piercing, desolating. 3. Desolate, drear, dreary, ungenial, cheerless, comfortless …   New dictionary of synonyms

• In the Bleak Midwinter — is a Christmas carol.Although written by Christina Rossetti before 1872, it was published posthumously in Rossetti s Poetic Works in 1904 and became a Christmas carol after it appeared in The English Hymnal in 1906 with a setting by Holst.… …   Wikipedia

• When the Wind Blows (film) — Infobox Film name = When the Wind Blows caption = British DVD cover director = Jimmy Murakami writer = Raymond Briggs (also graphic novel) starring = Sir John Mills Dame Peggy Ashcroft distributor = flagicon|UK Recorded Releasing flagicon|USA… …   Wikipedia

• When the Wind Blows (graphic novel) — When the Wind Blows is a 1982 graphic novel, by British artist Raymond Briggs, that shows a nuclear attack on Britain by the Soviet Union from the viewpoint of a retired couple, Jim and Hilda Bloggs. The book was later made into an animated… …   Wikipedia