LOOK BLEAK

Meaning of LOOK BLEAK in English

v. To indicate misfortune; appear threatening or ruinous. As prices dropped lower and lower, things looked bleak for Henry's company. Many witnesses gave testimony against Jerry and his case looked bleak. The future looked bleak when Father got hurt and could not work.

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LOOK BLEAK — {v.} To indicate misfortune; appear threatening or ruinous. * /As prices dropped lower and lower, things looked bleak for Henry's …
Slang English vocab
LOOK BLEAK — {v.} To indicate misfortune; appear threatening or ruinous. * /As prices dropped lower and lower, things looked bleak for Henry's …
Словарь английских идиом
BLEAK — desert, frigid; trist
English interlingue dictionary
BLEAK — adjective Etymology: Middle English bleke pale; probably akin to Old English blāc Date: 1574 exposed and barren and often windswept, …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
LOOK — I. ˈlu̇k verb ( -ed/-ing/-s ) Etymology: Middle English looken, loken, from Old English lōcian; akin to Middle Dutch loeken …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BLEAK — I. ˈblēk adjective ( -er/-est ) Etymology: Middle English bleke pale, probably alteration (influenced by Middle English blok pale, from …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BLEAK — (a.) Cold and cutting; cheerless; as, a bleak blast.
Английский словарь Webster
BLEAK — ( a. ) Cold and cutting; cheerless; as, a bleak blast.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
LOOK — /look/ , v.i. 1. to turn one's eyes toward something or in some direction in order to see: He looked …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BLEAK — bleak 1 — bleakish , adj. — bleakly , adv. — bleakness , n. /bleek/ , adj., bleaker, bleakest . …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
LOOK — I. ˈlu̇k verb Etymology: Middle English, from Old English lōcian; akin to Old Saxon lōcōn to look Date: before 12th …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
BLEAK — adjective Etymology: Middle English bleke pale; probably akin to Old English blāc Date: 1574 1. : exposed and barren and …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
LOOK — vt to expect. 2. look ·vt to express or manifest by a look. 3. look ·vt to look at; to …
Webster English vocab
BLEAK — adj without color; pale; pallid. 2. bleak ·adj desolate and exposed; swept by cold winds. 3. bleak ·adj cold and …
Webster English vocab
LOOK — [look] vb [ME, fr. OE locian; akin to OS locon to look] vt (bef. 12c) 1: to make sure or …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
BLEAK — [bleak] adj [ME bleke pale; prob. akin to OE blac] (1574) 1: exposed and barren and often windswept 2: cold, …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
BLEAK — (Alburnus alburnus), small, slender fish of the carp family, Cyprinidae, found in rivers and lakes of England and Europe. A …
Britannica English vocabulary
BLEAK — bleak BrE AmE bliːk ▷ bleaker ˈbliːk ə AmE \ - ə r ▷ bleakest ˈbliːk ɪst -əst
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
LOOK — / lʊk; NAmE / verb , noun , exclamation ■ verb USE EYES 1. [ v ] look (at sb/sth) …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BLEAK — / bliːk; NAmE / adjective ( bleak·er , bleak·est ) 1. ( of a situation ) not encouraging or giving …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
LOOK — I. look 1 S1 W1 /lʊk/ BrE AmE verb [ Language: Old English ; Origin: locian ] 1 . SEE …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
BLEAK — bleak /bliːk/ BrE AmE adjective [ Date: 1300-1400 ; Language: Old Norse ; Origin: bleikr 'pale, white' ] 1 . …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
LOOK — v., n., & int. --v. 1 a intr. (often foll. by at) use one's sight; turn one's eyes in some …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
BLEAK — adj. 1 bare, exposed; windswept. 2 unpromising; dreary (bleak prospects). øøbleakly adv. bleakness n. [16th c.: rel. to obs. adjs. …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
LOOK — v., n., & int. v. 1 a intr. (often foll. by at) use one's sight; turn one's eyes in some …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
BLEAK — adj. 1 bare, exposed; windswept. 2 unpromising; dreary (bleak prospects). bleakly adv. bleakness n. [ 16th c.: rel. to obs. …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
LOOK — v., n., & int. --v. 1. a intr. (often foll. by at) use one's sight; turn one's eyes in some …
Oxford English vocab
BLEAK — 1. adj.1 bare, exposed; windswept. 2 unpromising; dreary (bleak prospects). Derivatives: bleakly adv. bleakness n. Etymology: 16th c.: rel. to …
Oxford English vocab
LOOK — I. USING YOUR EYES OR YOUR MIND /lʊk/ ( looks, looking, looked) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BLEAK — ( bleaker, bleakest) 1. If a situation is bleak , it is bad, and seems unlikely to improve. The immediate …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
LOOK — I. USING YOUR EYES OR YOUR MIND (~s, ~ing, ~ed) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
BLEAK — adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a bleak/gloomy/grim picture (= giving the impression that something is or will be bad ) …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
BLEAK — [adjective] -er, -est - (esp. of a place or the weather) cold and not welcoming, or (of a situation) hopelesssThe …
Cambridge English vocab
LOOK — Synonyms and related words : NB, admire, air, angle, angle for, animadvert, anticipate, appear, appear like, appearance, ask for, aspect, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
LOOK — n. look at look upon look into look down look in look out look up side look good looking ill …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
LOOK — I. noun 1 act of looking at/considering sth ADJECTIVE ▪ little ▪ brief , cursory , quick ▪ careful , …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
BLEAK — adj. 1 without hope VERBS ▪ appear , be , look , seem ▪ become ▪ remain ADVERB ▪ extremely …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
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Longman Activator English vocab
LOOK — See ↑ EXPRESSION ON SB'S FACE 1, ↑ LOOK 1,9,10, ↑ SEEM 1 ◆◆◆ • ↑ can't look sb in …
Longman Activator English vocab
LOOK — n. 25B6; verb Mrs Wright looked at him : GLANCE, gaze, stare, gape, peer; peep, peek, take a look; watch, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
BLEAK — n. 25B6; adjective a bleak landscape : BARE, exposed, desolate, stark, desert, lunar, open, empty, windswept; treeless, without vegetation, denuded. …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
LOOK — v. 1 Usually, look at. see, observe, consider, contemplate, regard, view, survey, inspect, scrutinize, study, scan; pay attention, attend, notice, …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
BLEAK — adj. 1 cheerless, dreary, depressing, dismal, gloomy, sombre, melancholy, sad, unhappy, mournful 1940 was one of the bleakest periods in …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
LOOK — I noun BAD : The report takes a close look on meat consumption. GOOD : The report takes a close …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary
LOOK — 1. сущ. 1) а) взгляд to have/take a look at ≈ посмотреть на; ознакомиться с to steal a look ≈ …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
BLEAK — I прил. 1) открытый, незащищенный от ветра Syn : exposed, wind-swept 2) холодный, промозглый a bleak November evening ≈ промозглый …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
LOOK — look.ogg 1. lʋk n 1. взгляд kind scornful, angry, vacant look - добрый презрительный, сердитый, отсутствующий взгляд to have /to …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
BLEAK — bleak.ogg _I bli:k a 1. не защищённый от ветра, открытый 2. холодный; суровый ( о погоде ) bleak wind - …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
LOOK — look сущ.1) а) взгляд to get, have, take a look at — посмотреть на; ознакомиться с to dart, shoot a …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
BLEAK — I bleak прил.1) открытый, незащищенный от ветра Syn:exposed, wind-swept 2) холодный, промозглый a bleak November evening — промозглый ноябрьский вечер …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
LOOK — 1. lʋk n 1. взгляд kind scornful, angry, vacant look - добрый презрительный, сердитый, отсутствующий взгляд to have /to take, …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
BLEAK — _I bli:k a 1. не защищённый от ветра, открытый 2. холодный; суровый ( о погоде ) bleak wind - холодный …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
LOOK — 1. сущ. 1) а) взгляд to get, have, take a look at — посмотреть на; ознакомиться с to dart, shoot …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
BLEAK — I blik прил. 1) открытый, незащищенный от ветра Syn: exposed , wind-swept 2) холодный, промозглый a bleak November evening — …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
LOOK — 1. сущ. 1) а) взгляд to get, have, take a look at — посмотреть на; ознакомиться с to dart, shoot a look — бросить …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
BLEAK — I [¤®Ђ°] bleak.wav прил. 1) открытый, незащищенный от ветра Syn: exposed, wind-swept 2) холодный, промозглый a bleak November evening — промозглый ноябрьский вечер Syn: cold, chilly, raw 3) суровый, …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
BLEAK — уклейка (Alburnus); обыкновенная уклейка (Alburnus alburnus) - Chinese bleak
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
BLEAK — уклейка ( Alburnus ) ; обыкновенная уклейка ( Alburnus alburnus ) - Chinese bleak
Новый Англо-Русский биологический словарь
LOOK — 1. _n. 1> взгляд; to have/take a look at - посмотреть на; ознакомиться с; - cast a look - steal …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
LOOK — 1. n. 1. взгляд; to have/take a look at - посмотреть на; ознакомиться с; - cast a look - steal …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
LOOK — 1. _n. 1> взгляд; to have (или to take) a look at посмотреть на; ознакомиться с; to cast a look …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера
LOOK — 1. сущ. 1) а) взгляд to have/take a look at ≈ посмотреть на; ознакомиться с to steal a look ≈ …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
BLEAK — I прил. 1) открытый, незащищенный от ветра Syn : exposed, wind-swept 2) холодный, промозглый a bleak November evening ≈ промозглый …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь

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