bleak

I

(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)

adj. raw, desolate, unsheltered; cold; discouraging, inauspicious. See adversity. Ant., bright, cheerful.

II

(Roget's IV) modif.

1. [Applied to countryside or conditions]

Syn. dreary, desolate, bare, cheerless, wild, exposed, barren, blank, disheartening, weary, melancholy, lonely, flat, somber, grim, distressing, depressing, comfortless, hopeless, drear, joyless, uninviting, dull, sad, mournful, monotonous, waste, gloomy, dismal, unsheltered, windswept, treeless, frowning, blighted, blasted, unpopulated, desert, deserted, fog-hung, craggy, scorched, stony, burned (over), denuded, bombed, deforested, bulldozed, cleared, frozen.

Ant. verdant, green*, fruitful.

2. [Applied to atmosphere]

Syn. chill, windy, stormy, boisterous, cold, piercing, cutting, wintry, keen, biting, icy, hiemal, shivery, boreal, bitter, rigorous, chilly, nipping, severe, raw, freezing, inclement, frosty, pinching, glacial, polar, arctic, sharp, harsh, dank, foul, murky, misty, foggy, brumous.

Ant. mild*, pleasant, sunny.

III

(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) a.

1. desolate bare, barren, unsheltered, treeless, desert, stark, raw.

2. depressing grim, dreary, gloomy, dismal, mournful, disheartening, cheerless, black, somber.

ANT.: 1. lush, overgrown. 2. cheery, sunny, bright, hopeful

IV

(Roget's Thesaurus II) adjective 1. Dark and depressing: black, blue, cheerless, dark, desolate, dismal, dreary, gloomy, glum, joyless, somber, tenebrific. See HAPPY, LIGHT. 2. Cold and forbidding: austere, dour, grim, hard, harsh, severe, stark. See ATTITUDE, HOT.