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Bleak: Adjective- Desolate, windswept and bare. Cold and gloomy, unpromising.

Bleak: Adjective- Desolate, windswept and bare. Cold and gloomy, unpromising. After I failed English and was kicked out of my house, my future looked bleak. Blight: Verb- To check or destroy the growth of. Noun- Something that impairs growth or causes ruin.

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Bleak: Adjective- Desolate, windswept and bare. Cold and gloomy, unpromising.

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  1. Bleak:Adjective- Desolate, windswept and bare.Cold and gloomy, unpromising.

  2. After I failed English and was kicked out of my house, my future looked bleak.

  3. Blight:Verb- To check or destroy the growth of.Noun- Something that impairs growth or causes ruin.

  4. The snowstorm blighted my hopes for an early spring.

  5. Blithe:Adjective- Merry and carefree.Overly unconcerned, reckless.

  6. She had a blithe and sunny personality that made her very popular.

  7. Boisterous:Adjective- Noisy and rowdy.

  8. On the day before Thanksgiving, all of the classes were extra boisterous.

  9. Bombastic:Adjective- Pompous or inflated in language.

  10. The teacher’s lecture was bombastic, consequently we didn’t understand it at all.

  11. Boorish:Adjective- Rude or unrefined.

  12. The man the dating network set me up with was boorish and rude.

  13. Boycott:Verb- To refuse to buy or deal with as a way to protest.Noun: an instance of such treatment.

  14. During the civil rights movement, there were many staged boycotts.

  15. Brash:Adjective- Overly bold, hasty, and thoughtless.

  16. Do not be brash when investing your money, or you will be sorry later.

  17. Bravado:Noun- A boastful or swaggering show of false bravery or courage.

  18. Boys are often forced to show bravado when with their peers.

  19. Brusque:Adjective- Overly short or abrupt.

  20. Her brusque manner did nothing to impress the crowd.

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