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See definition of bleakest on Dictionary.com
  • adj.barren
  • adj.depressing

synonyms for bleakest

  • austere
  • chilly
  • cold
  • desolate
  • dreary
  • grim
  • bare
  • blank
  • blighted
  • bombed
  • burned
  • cleared
  • deforested
  • desert
  • deserted
  • exposed
  • flat
  • gaunt
  • open
  • raw
  • scorched
  • stripped
  • unpopulated
  • unsheltered
  • weather-beaten
  • wild
  • windswept
On this page you'll find 81 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to bleakest, such as: desolate, austere, dreary, chilly, cold, and grim.

antonyms for bleakest

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  • bright
  • cheerful
  • friendly
  • happy
  • hot
  • sympathetic
  • warm
  • appealing
  • comfortable
  • comforting
  • congenial
  • encouraging
  • nice
  • pleasant
  • sunny
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How to use bleakest in a sentence

A farm of five hundred acres was secured within a week, the bleakest, coldest spot ever swept by ocean breezes anywhere.
MRS. RAFFLESJOHN KENDRICK BANGS
A gray dawn was breaking, and this is the coldest and bleakest hour of the day.
LEFT ON THE LABRADORDILLON WALLACE
The bleakest portions of a farm should be pastured off in autumn, so as to reserve the sheltered spots for winter use.
A TREATISE ON SHEEP:AMBROSE BLACKLOCK
From tropic to the bleakest north, the cocks crow before the advancing margin of dawn.
THE OUTLINE OF HISTORY: BEING A PLAIN HISTORY OF LIFE AND MANKINDHERBERT GEORGE WELLS
How his heart flows out in sympathy over universal nature; and in her bleakest provinces discerns a beauty and a meaning!
LIFE OF ROBERT BURNSTHOMAS CARLYLE
The Indians use no head-dress, but support the bleakest rains and hottest suns of those bare plains with naked heads.
EARLY WESTERN TRAVELS 1748-1846, VOLUME XXVARIOUS
Morning found him with the time and the great desire to follow the “Gray Streak” to the bleakest shore of the Arctic, if need be.
RIDDLE OF THE STORMROY J. SNELL
It appeared likely that the armies would meet about Dalwhinnie, now the highest and bleakest part of the Highland Railway.
GREAT MEN AND FAMOUS WOMEN. VOL. 5 OF 8VARIOUS
In the coldest and bleakest places the warmest charities still maintain a foothold.
THE VAGABOND IN LITERATUREARTHUR RICKETT
It grew dark about two o'clock in the afternoon, and we found ourselves promenading through the bleakest of winter landscapes.
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OCTOBER 26, 1985
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