Definition: offering little or no hope
Usage: the future looked black; prospects were bleak; Life in the Aran Islands has always been bleak and difficult- J.M.Synge; took a dim view of things
Similar words: hopeless
Definition: without hope because there seems to be no possibility of comfort or success
Usage: in an agony of hopeless grief; with a hopeless sigh he sat down
Synonyms: desolate, bleak, bare, barren, stark
Definition: providing no shelter or sustenance
Usage: bare rocky hills; barren lands; the bleak treeless regions of the high Andes; the desolate surface of the moon; a stark landscape
Similar words: inhospitable
Definition: unfavorable to life or growth
Usage: the barren inhospitable desert; inhospitable mountain areas
Definition: unpleasantly cold and damp
Usage: bleak winds of the North Atlantic
Similar words: cold
Definition: having a low or inadequate temperature or feeling a sensation of coldness or having been made cold by e.g. ice or refrigeration
Usage: a cold climate; a cold room; dinner has gotten cold; cold fingers; if you are cold, turn up the heat; a cold beer