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leak adj. 1 cheerless, dreary, depressing, dismal, gloomy, sombre,
melancholy, sad, unhappy, mournful: 1940 was one of the
bleakest periods in British history. 2 cold, chilly, raw,
bitter: The days were getting shorter, and the bleak winter was
setting in. 3 barren, bare, exposed, windswept, desolate: How
depressing the bleak landscape of the Russian steppes can be in
winter!
blemish v. 1 deface, mar, scar, impair, disfigure: They did nothing to
blemish the beauty of the landscape. 2 tarnish, stain, sully,
spoil, mar, flaw, harm, damage, scar, injure, bruise, besmirch:
She has blemished my reputation by spreading those stories about
me.
--n. 3 disfigurement, scar, mark, impairment, stain, smear,
blot; defect, flaw, error, fault, imperfection, error, erratum:
Her complexion was entirely without blemish.
blend v. 1 mix, mingle, combine, meld, commingle, intermingle: The
Latakia is blended with the Virginia to produce a fine smoking
tobacco. 2 shade, grade, gradate, graduate, merge, coalesce,
fuse, unite: Note how the pink sky and the tinted clouds blend
in this Turner painting.
--n. 3 mixture, mix, combination, mingling, meld, commingling,
intermingling: His humour is a fine blend of the sardonic with
slapstick.
bless v. 1 consecrate, hallow, sanctify; extol, glorify, praise,
revere, adore: God bless this ship and all who sail in her.
Bless the Lord. 2 give, make happy or fortunate, endow, favour,
furnish, provide, supply, grace: She is blessed with one of the
most beautiful soprano voices that I have ever heard.
blessing n. 1 benediction, prayer, consecration: Each spring the vicar
officiated at the blessing of the fleet. 2 boon, favour,
advantage, good fortune, godsend, luck, profit, gain, help,
asset, gift, bounty: Hot, sunny days are a blessing for wine
growers.
blight n. 1 affliction, disease, plague, infestation, pestilence,
scourge: The crops were visited with a blight that lasted seven