bleak

Other forms of bleak

comparative

bleaker·

superlative

bleakest·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about bleak

What does bleak mean?

bleak means "offering little or no hope". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in bleak?

bleak has 1 syllable: bleak. In IPA it is /ˈblik/.

What is another word for bleak?

Close synonyms include black, dim, bare, barren, desolate. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is bleak a common word?

bleak is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with bleak?

1 word rhymes with bleak. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.