I guess my view on friendship is pretty bleak because I've never really had to rely on anyone for anything.
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Bleak
//bliːk//
Synonyms for "bleak" (234 found)
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Closest matches (47)
Strong matches (70)
Adjective(26 words)
Related words (117)
grievousgrimhardharshheavyhibernalhiemalhyperboreanice coldice-coldice-encrustedicelikeicyin despairinclementjoylesskeenlamentablelifelessmelancholy
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Antonyms
1 entriesSynonyms
4 entriesderived
9 entriesetymologically related_to
1 entriesrelated to
23 entriesShowing 16 of 23 words.
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4 entriesTranslations
174 translations across 41 languages.
Albanian
4 entries- cime noun (small European river fish)
- cironkë noun (small European river fish)
- gjuhcë noun (small European river fish)
- korobace noun (small European river fish)
Armenian
3 entries- դժգույն adj (without color)
- դժգույն adj (desolate and exposed)
- դժգույն adj (cheerless)
Bulgarian
4 entries- безрадостен adj (cheerless)
- безцветен adj (without color)
- блед adj (without color)
- гол adj (desolate and exposed)
Catalan
4 entries- amargat adj (cheerless)
- desolat adj (desolate and exposed)
- erm adj (desolate and exposed)
- pansit adj (cheerless)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 冷清 adj (desolate and exposed)
- 惨淡 adj (cheerless)
- 淒涼 /凄凉 adj (cheerless)
- 苍白 adj (without color)
Czech
4 entries- bezútěšný adj (cheerless)
- bledý adj (without color)
- nehostinný adj (desolate and exposed)
- neradostný adj (cheerless)
Danish
1 entries- bleg adj (without color)
Dutch
4 entries- bleek adj (without color)
- desolaat adj (desolate and exposed)
- guur adj (desolate and exposed)
- kleurloos adj (without color)
Eastern Mari
3 entries- вишкыле noun (small European river fish)
- мыле noun (small European river fish)
- шапкагол noun (small European river fish)
Estonian
4 entries- kaame adj (without color)
- kahvatu adj (without color)
- plass adj (without color)
- viidikas noun (small European river fish)
Finnish
4 entries- kalpea adj (without color)
- karu adj (desolate and exposed)
- kolkko adj (cheerless)
- paljas adj (desolate and exposed)
French
4 entries- morne adj (without color)
- morne adj (cheerless)
- terne adj (without color)
- ablette noun (small European river fish)
Georgian
4 entries- დაუცველი adj (desolate and exposed)
- მოტიტვლებული adj (desolate and exposed)
- უფერული adj (without color)
- ფერმკრთალი adj (without color)
German
4 entries- ausgeblichen adj (without color)
- bleich adj (without color)
- desolat adj (desolate and exposed)
- desolat adj (cheerless)
Greek
4 entries- άθλιος adj (cheerless)
- άχαρος adj (cheerless)
- άχρωμος adj (without color)
- έρημος adj (desolate and exposed)
Hungarian
3 entries- küsz noun (small European river fish)
- sneci noun (small European river fish)
- szélhajtó küsz noun (small European river fish)
Ingrian
1 entries- ukleikka noun (small European river fish)
Irish
3 entries- argail adj (desolate and exposed)
- dearóil adj (desolate and exposed)
- dearóil adj (cheerless)
Italian
4 entries- desolato adj (desolate and exposed)
- incolore adj (without color)
- infelice adj (cheerless)
- misero adj (cheerless)
Kazakh
4 entries- жабырқаңқы adj (cheerless)
- көңілсіз adj (cheerless)
- сүреңсіз adj (desolate and exposed)
- құлазыған adj (cheerless)
Komi-Zyrian
3 entries- бадькор noun (small European river fish)
- бадькормык noun (small European river fish)
- шаклей noun (small European river fish)
Latin
2 entries- albica noun (small European river fish)
- alburnus noun (small European river fish)
Latvian
1 entries- vīķe noun (small European river fish)
Luxembourgish
1 entries- Aalbes noun (small European river fish)
Manx
1 entries- meayl adj (desolate and exposed)
Mazanderani
2 entries- اسلف noun (small European river fish)
- اسلک noun (small European river fish)
Māori
4 entries- hahore adj (desolate and exposed)
- hāhā adj (desolate and exposed)
- mōkinokino adj (cheerless)
- mōwai adj (desolate and exposed)
Old English
1 entries- blǣġe noun (small European river fish)
Polish
1 entries- ukleja noun (small European river fish)
Portuguese
4 entries- desanimado adj (cheerless)
- desolado adj (desolate and exposed)
- pálido adj (without color)
- alburnete noun (small European river fish)
Romanian
4 entries- dezolat adj (cheerless)
- palid adj (without color)
- palid adj (cheerless)
- pustiu adj (desolate and exposed)
Russian
4 entries- безра́достный adj (cheerless)
- бесцве́тный adj (without color)
- бле́дный adj (without color)
- го́лый adj (desolate and exposed)
Scottish Gaelic
2 entries- gruamach adj (cheerless)
- lom adj (desolate and exposed)
Serbo-Croatian
1 entries- uklija noun (small European river fish)
Sicilian
4 entries- giarnu adj (without color)
- mischinu adj (cheerless)
- nfilici adj (cheerless)
- ngustiatu adj (desolate and exposed)
Spanish
4 entries- amargado adj (cheerless)
- desolado adj (desolate and exposed)
- pálido adj (without color)
- sin alegría adj (cheerless)
Swedish
4 entries- blek adj (without color)
- dyster adj (cheerless)
- färglös adj (without color)
- löja noun (small European river fish)
Turkish
4 entries- kara adj (cheerless)
- kasvetli adj (cheerless)
- renksiz adj (without color)
- solgun adj (without color)
Udmurt
2 entries- бадькуар noun (small European river fish)
- вувылчорыг noun (small European river fish)
Ukrainian
2 entries- бліди́й adj (without color)
- верхово́дка noun (small European river fish)
Western Mari
1 entries- сильди noun (small European river fish)
Sample sentences
24 total sentences available.
The outlook is bleak.
Source: tatoeba (2027617)
The economic situation is very bleak.
Source: tatoeba (2945231)
The future looked bleak for Edmond Dantes after he became the victim of a conspiracy, and he was convicted for treason and imprisoned for life.
Source: tatoeba (3521817)
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