Clues for the word "BLEAK"
We've had 60 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 115 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Evening Standard Cryptic crossword on October 06, 2025.
Definition of bleak
- a. - Without color; pale; pallid.
- a. - Desolate and exposed; swept by cold winds.
- a. - Cold and cutting; cheerless; as, a bleak blast.
- a. - A small European river fish (Leuciscus alburnus), of the family Cyprinidae; the blay.
Referring Clues
- Like some prospects
- Not promising
- Cheerless
- Unpromising
- Just about hopeless
- Dickens's "___ House"
- Discouraging
- Like the tundra
- Dreary
- Like a wasteland
- Grim
- Dickens' "___ House"
- Rather hopeless
- Far from promising
- Gloomy
- Gloomy
- Dismal
- Arousing pessimism
- Hopeless
- Not very promising
- Desolate
- Cold and cheerless
- Dim or grim
- Far from rosy
- Like some winter landscapes
- Austere
- Barren
- Not at all promising
- Offering little hope
- Grim judge impounds laptop
- Swimmer looking miserable
- Surprisingly bright little fish?
- Cold and dismal, finish the job and get out
- Drear
- Exposed and barren
- Cold and desolate
- Cold, raw fish
- Stark
- Book by Dickens
- Desolate and barren
- Barren black betrayal
- Left inside, Bill is chilly
- Cold and raw fish
- Left inside, Bill is dismal
- Novel house, but starting to let rain in
- Cold fish
- Wretched bishop's disclosure
- Pound included in bill, for fish
- Depressing entry of water at the bulkhead
- Far from encouraging
- Hardly hospitable
- Severe judge imprisons learner ...
- Cold and dreary
- Fishy Dickensian house?
- ___ House, Dickens novel
- Swimmer's novel house
- Depressing
- Surprisingly bright little fish?
- For fish, make the bill out for cash!
- Not optimistic
Last Seen In
- Evening Standard Cryptic - October 06, 2025
- Your Life Choices - September 20, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - July 19, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - March 04, 2025
- Daily American - February 18, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - December 20, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - December 02, 2024
- Mindfood Daily - November 15, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - October 11, 2024
- Evening Standard Easy - October 08, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - July 02, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - May 17, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - April 27, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - January 30, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - December 20, 2023
- Evening Standard Cryptic - December 06, 2023
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - October 13, 2023
- Evening Standard Quick - August 29, 2023
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - August 23, 2023
- LA Times - August 13, 2023
- LA Times - August 03, 2023
- Your Life Choices - July 06, 2023
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - June 15, 2023
- Mindfood Daily - March 30, 2023
- Evening Standard Easy - March 14, 2023
- Penny Dell Daily - February 28, 2023
- Daily American - February 18, 2023
- Penny Dell Daily - November 19, 2022
- Penny Dell Daily - September 05, 2022
- Evening Standard Easy - August 11, 2022
- And in 85 more crossword puzzles...