bleaken

-en (English)

(dialectal, or, non-standard, rare) Used to form the plural of nouns. Can be used to denote the plural form of a small number of English words, the majority of whose etymology goes back to the n-stem (i.e. weak noun) declension of Germanic languages. Used to form the diminutives of certain nouns. When attached to certain adjectives, it forms a transitive verb whose meaning is, to make [...]

bleak (English)

Desolate and exposed; swept by cold winds.. Unhappy; cheerless; miserable; emotionally desolate.. Without color; pale; pallid. A small European river fish (Alburnus alburnus), of the family Cyprinidae.

bleaken (English)

(intransitive) To become bleak.