bleak
[adjective]
Synonyms:
- exposed, bare, barren, desolate, unsheltered, weather-beaten, windswept
- dismal, cheerless, depressing, discouraging, dreary, gloomy, grim, hopeless, joyless, sombre

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

bleak /bliːk/ adjective
[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Old Norse; Origin: bleikr 'pale, white']

1. without anything to make you feel happy or hopeful
a bleak future/prospect
The company still hopes to find a buyer, but the future looks bleak.

2. cold and without any pleasant or comfortable features:
a bleak January afternoon
The landscape was bleak.
—bleakly adverb
—bleakness noun [uncountable]

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

bleak
adj.
I. without hope
VERBS appear, be, look, seem | become | remain
ADV. extremely, very Prospects for the industry are extremely bleak.
increasingly | unnecessarily The report paints an unnecessarily bleak picture of the town.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

bleak
II. bare/empty/without pleasant features
VERBS be, look, seem The moors looked bleak and desolate in the rain.
become
ADV. very | a bit, rather It was a rather bleak and dismal place.

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