Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word bleak. Princeton's WordNet(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition: black, bleak, dim(adj) offering little or no hope. the future looked black; prospects were bleak; Life in the Aran Islands has always been bleak and difficult- J.M.Synge; took a dim view of things. bare, barren, bleak, desolate, stark(adj) providing no shelter or sustenance.