Bleak vs. Hope — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Bleak and Hope
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Bleak
Gloomy and somber
"Life in the Aran Islands has always been bleak and difficult" (John Millington Synge).
Hope
Hope is an optimistic state of mind that is based on an expectation of positive outcomes with respect to events and circumstances in one's life or the world at large. As a verb, its definitions include: "expect with confidence" and "to cherish a desire with anticipation."Among its opposites are dejection, hopelessness, and despair.
Bleak
Providing no encouragement; depressing
A bleak prospect.
Hope
To wish for a particular event that one considers possible
We are hoping for more financial support.
Bleak
Cold and cutting; raw
Bleak winds of the North Atlantic.
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Hope
(Archaic) To have confidence; trust.
Bleak
Exposed to the elements; unsheltered and barren
The bleak, treeless regions of the high Andes.
Hope
To desire and consider possible
I hope that you will join us for dinner. We hope to buy a house in the spring.
Bleak
Any of various small European freshwater fishes of the genus Alburnus, having silvery scales.
Hope
The longing or desire for something accompanied by the belief in the possibility of its occurrence
He took singing lessons in the hope of performing in the musical.
Bleak
Without color; pale; pallid.
Hope
An instance of such longing or desire
Her hopes of becoming a doctor have not changed.
Bleak
Desolate and exposed; swept by cold winds.
A bleak and bare rock
A bleak, crater-pocked moonscape
They escaped across the bleak landscape.
We hiked across open meadows and climbed bleak mountains.
Hope
A source of or reason for such longing or desire
Good pitching is the team's only hope for victory.
Bleak
Unhappy; cheerless; miserable; emotionally desolate.
Downtown Albany felt bleak that February after the divorce.
A bleak future is in store for you.
The news is bleak.
The survey paints a bleak picture.
Hope
Often Hope(Christianity) The theological virtue defined as the desire and search for a future good, difficult but not impossible to attain with God's help.
Bleak
A small European river fish (Alburnus alburnus), of the family Cyprinidae.
Hope
(Archaic) Trust; confidence.
Bleak
Without color; pale; pallid.
When she came out she looked as pale and as bleak as one that were laid out dead.
Hope
To want something to happen, with a sense of expectation that it might.
I hope everyone enjoyed the meal.
I am still hoping that all will turn out well.
Bleak
Desolate and exposed; swept by cold winds.
Wastes too bleak to rearThe common growth of earth, the foodful ear.
At daybreak, on the bleak sea beach.
Hope
To be optimistic; be full of hope; have hopes.
Bleak
Cold and cutting; cheerless; as, a bleak blast.
Hope
(intransitive) To place confidence; to trust with confident expectation of good; usually followed by in.
Bleak
A small European river fish (Leuciscus alburnus), of the family Cyprinidæ; the blay.
Hope
To wish.
Bleak
Offering little or no hope;
The future looked black
Prospects were bleak
Life in the Aran Islands has always been bleak and difficult
Took a dim view of things
Hope
The feeling of trust, confidence, belief or expectation that something wished for can or will happen.
I still have some hope that I can get to work on time.
After losing my job, there's no hope of being able to afford my world cruise.
There is still hope that we can find our missing cat.
Bleak
Providing no shelter or sustenance;
Bare rocky hills
Barren lands
The bleak treeless regions of the high Andes
The desolate surface of the moon
A stark landscape
Hope
(countable) The actual thing wished for.
Bleak
Unpleasantly cold and damp;
Bleak winds of the North Atlantic
Hope
(countable) A person or thing that is a source of hope.
We still have one hope left: my roommate might see the note I left on the table.
Hope
The virtuous desire for future good.
Hope
A hollow; a valley, especially the upper end of a narrow mountain valley when it is nearly encircled by smooth, green slopes; a combe.
Hope
A sloping plain between mountain ridges.
Hope
(Scotland) A small bay; an inlet; a haven.
Hope
A sloping plain between mountain ridges.
Hope
A small bay; an inlet; a haven.
Hope
A desire of some good, accompanied with an expectation of obtaining it, or a belief that it is obtainable; an expectation of something which is thought to be desirable; confidence; pleasing expectancy.
The hypocrite's hope shall perish.
He wished, but not with hope.
New thoughts of God, new hopes of Heaven.
Hope
One who, or that which, gives hope, furnishes ground of expectation, or promises desired good.
The Lord will be the hope of his people.
A young gentleman of great hopes, whose love of learning was highly commendable.
Hope
That which is hoped for; an object of hope.
Lavina is thine elder brother's hope.
Hope
To entertain or indulge hope; to cherish a desire of good, or of something welcome, with expectation of obtaining it or belief that it is obtainable; to expect; - usually followed by for.
But I will hope continually.
Hope
To place confidence; to trust with confident expectation of good; - usually followed by in.
Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? Hope thou in God.
Hope
To desire with expectation or with belief in the possibility or prospect of obtaining; to look forward to as a thing desirable, with the expectation of obtaining it; to cherish hopes of.
We hope no other from your majesty.
[Charity] hopeth all things.
Hope
To expect; to fear.
Hope
A specific instance of feeling hopeful;
It revived their hope of winning the pennant
Hope
The general feeling that some desire will be fulfilled;
In spite of his troubles he never gave up hope
Hope
Grounds for feeling hopeful about the future;
There is little or no promise that he will recover
Hope
Someone (or something) on which expectations are centered;
He was their best hope for a victory
Hope
United States comedian (born in England) who appeared in films with Bing Crosby (born in 1903)
Hope
One of the three Christian virtues
Hope
Expect and wish;
I trust you will behave better from now on
I hope she understands that she cannot expect a raise
Hope
Be optimistic; be full of hope; have hopes;
I am still hoping that all will turn out well
Hope
Intend with some possibility of fulfilment;
I hope to have finished this work by tomorrow evening
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