bleak

/blik/
adjective
  1. Cold, empty, and without any pleasant or comforting features; describing a landscape or place.
    • They drove through a bleak desert with no signs of life for miles.
    • The winter landscape was bleak, with bare trees and gray skies as far as the eye could see.
    • The old abandoned house stood on a bleak hill, surrounded by dead grass.
  2. Showing no hope or encouragement; depressing and gloomy.
    • After losing his job, he faced a bleak future with few opportunities.
    • The report painted a bleak picture of the company's finances.
    • Her expression was bleak as she delivered the bad news.
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