adj. 1 bare, exposed; windswept. 2 unpromising; dreary (bleak prospects). bleakly adv. bleakness n.
[ 16th c.: rel. to obs. adjs. bleach, blake (f. ON bleikr) pale, ult. f. Gmc: cf. BLEACH ]
adj. 1 bare, exposed; windswept. 2 unpromising; dreary (bleak prospects). bleakly adv. bleakness n.
[ 16th c.: rel. to obs. adjs. bleach, blake (f. ON bleikr) pale, ult. f. Gmc: cf. BLEACH ]
Concise Oxford English dictionary. Краткий оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2012