Another word for bleak

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.
  • His words painted a bleak picture ahead.
  • They faced a bleak winter without warmth.
  • The landscape was bleak under the gray sky.
  • Her expression turned bleak upon hearing news.
  • The outlook for peace seemed increasingly bleak.
  • In the abandoned town, hope was bleak.

Bleak parts of speech

Adjective