bleak
adjective(bleak)
providing no shelter or sustenance
Examples:
The bleak treeless regions of the high Andes.
bleak
adjective(bleak)
offering little or no hope
Examples:
Prospects were bleak.
Life in the Aran Islands has always been bleak and difficult.
bleak
adjective(bleak)
unpleasantly cold and damp
Examples:
Bleak winds of the North Atlantic.