2.AdjectiveDesolate and exposed; swept by cold winds.
"a bleak and bare rock; a bleak, crater-pocked moonscape; They escaped across the bleak landscape.; We hiked across open meadows and climbed bleak mountains."
"Downtown Albany felt bleak that February after the divorce.; A bleak future is in store for you.; The news is bleak.; The survey paints a bleak picture."
4.NounA small European river fish (Alburnus alburnus), of the family Cyprinidae.