Bleak

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Exposed

Synonyms Bare, desolate, arid, denuded, open, windswept, forestless, defoliated, unprotected, unwooded, exposed, stark, desert, lunar, empty, treeless, without vegetation, unsheltered, and unshielded.

Cold

Synonyms Cold, raw, wintry, penetrating, nipping, sharp, icy, frosty, chilly, parky, chill, keen, harsh, piercing, biting, stinging, freezing, icy-cold, frigid, nippy, and Baltic.

Unfavourable

Synonyms Unpromising, unpropitious, adverse, uninviting, disheartening, cheerless, gloomy, dreary, wretched, black, grim, portentous, hopeless, unfavourable, inauspicious, disadvantageous, discouraging, depressing, joyless, sombre, dismal, miserable, dark, drab, foreboding, and ominous.

Example Sentences

The landscape looked cold and bleak.

After the storm, the outlook was bleak.

The movie’s ending was unexpectedly bleak.

He felt a sense of bleak hopelessness.

The weather forecast predicted a bleak winter.