Baltic, biting, and arid are another word for bleak. Lush and verdant are the opposites of bleak. On this page, find 67 synonyms for bleak, parts of speech, and examples of bleak sentences.
Bleak synonyms
"Bleak" refers to something lacking in warmth, cheer, or hope, often describing a situation or outlook that is desolate or depressing.
Baltic
Adverse
Arid
Bare
Biting
Black
Cheerless
Chill
Chilly
Cold
Dark
Defoliated
Denuded
Depressing
Desert
Desolate
Disadvantageous
Discouraging
Disheartening
Dismal
Drab
Dreary
Empty
Exposed
Foreboding
Forestless
Freezing
Frigid
Frosty
Gloomy
Grim
Harsh
Hopeless
Icy-cold
Icy
Inauspicious
Joyless
Keen
Lunar
Miserable
Nipping
Nippy
Open
Parky
Penetrating
Piercing
Portentous
Raw
Sharp
Sombre
Stark
Stinging
Treeless
Unfavourable
Uninviting
Unpromising
Unpropitious
Unprotected
Unsheltered
Unshielded
Unwooded
Windswept
Wintry
Without vegetation
Wretched
Ominous
Bleak sentences
The future looked bleak after the economic downturn.