adj satadj.alloffering little or no hopeSynset:black dim
Examples:- 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
Antonyms:hopeful
Derivationally Related Form:bleakness
Inherited Hypernyms:black
Similar to:hopeless
adj satadj.allproviding no shelter or sustenanceSynset:bare barren desolate stark
Examples:- bare rocky hills
- barren lands
- the bleak treeless regions of the high Andes
- the desolate surface of the moon
- a stark landscape
Antonyms:hospitable
Derivationally Related Form:starknessbleaknessbarenessbarrenbarrenness
Inherited Hypernyms:bare
Similar to:inhospitable
adj satadj.allunpleasantly cold and dampSynset:cutting raw
Examples:- bleak winds of the North Atlantic
Antonyms:hot
Derivationally Related Form:bleaknessrawness
Inherited Hypernyms:bleak
Similar to:cold