bleak weather
Cold, gray days
Bleak weather is cold, gray, and cheerless—the kind that makes you want to stay indoors.
It suggests biting wind, overcast skies, and a general dreariness: We huddled inside, waiting out the bleak weather.
The phrase emphasizes atmosphere over specific conditions like rain or snow.
- grayNeutral achromatic hue
- gray skiesCloud-covered atmosphere
- drearyDull and depressing
- coldLow temperature state
- bone chillingProfoundly unsettling or frigid
damp · overcast · gloomy · wind · biting wind · chill · fog · mist · drizzle · freezing rain · sleet · blowing snow · bare · frost · bitter · dead of winter · desolate · raw
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