bleak
offering little hope or comfort; cold and unwelcoming in atmosphere or prospect
Word origin: From Old Norse bleikr, pale.
Bleak in a sentence
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The economist painted a bleak picture of the region's prospects after the factory closures.
The committee's bleak forecast left little doubt that funding would not survive the next budget cycle.
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Critics initially dismissed the composer's late works as merely blank, but later scholars recognized in them a deliberate restraint that concealed considerable technical sophistication.
Using “bleak” well
Bleak conveys both physical desolation and an absence of hope. The tone is somber rather than merely neutral.
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