Bleak meaning: If a situation is bleak

If a situation is bleak, it is bad, and seems unlikely to improve. The immediate outlook remains bleak. Many predicted a bleak future. Bleak means not giving any reason to have hope or expect anything good, or cold and unpleasant, or exposed and empty. Learn how to use this adjective with pictures, pronunciation, and collocations. Bleak means gloomy, depressing, or desolate, often used to describe a landscape, a weather, or a future. It can also refer to a type of small fish. See synonyms, antonyms, and translations of bleak. bleak (comparative bleaker, superlative bleakest) Without color; pale; pallid. synonyms quotations Synonyms: pasty, sallow; see also Thesaurus: pallid