bleak
/bliːk/adjective
Offering little hope or comfort; cold, empty, and depressing.
Example sentences
- “The company's financial future looks bleak.”
- “They drove across a bleak landscape of rock and ice.”
- “Without a job, his prospects seemed bleak.”
Common with future-related words: a bleak outlook, bleak prospects, a bleak forecast. It also describes cold, bare places: a bleak winter day.