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Definition for Bleak (-er)
blazing
bleak
bleak (-er)
, adj. [uncertain, poss. ON.]
Barren; cold; empty; desolate; dreary; [fig.] weak; sickly; base; sinful; prone to wrongdoing.
Sad; mournful; cheerless; disconsolate.
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