bleak vs cold as ice

bleak

adj
  • Desolate and exposed; swept by cold winds. 

  • Without color; pale; pallid. 

  • Unhappy; cheerless; miserable; emotionally desolate. 

noun
  • A small European river fish (Alburnus alburnus), of the family Cyprinidae. 

cold as ice

adj
  • Very cold. 

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