bleaker
Less promising now
Bleaker is the comparative form of bleak.
Something bleaker is more desolate, grim, or cheerless than another: The outlook grew bleaker after the layoffs.
It applies to landscapes, weather, moods, or prospects: Each winter felt bleaker than the last.
Beyond possibility of success
- despairingCompletely without hope
- grimHarsh and foreboding
- dismalDepressingly dark or dull
- drearyDull and depressing
gloomy · cheerless · joyless · somber · melancholy · dejected · despondent · pessimistic
Bleak and abandoned
- starkSevere and unadorned
- lifelessDevoid of animation
- wastelandUninhabitable barren region
- inhospitableUnwelcoming, harsh to visitors
empty · bare · void · windswept · treeless · unforgiving · sparse · exposed
Extremely and intensely cold
- wintryCold and frosty
- frostyCold or unwelcoming
- icyFrozen or unfriendly
- chillCold sensation or relaxation
freezing · glacial · raw · biting · bitter · numbing · grey · overcast
Extremely serious or urgent
- ominousSuggesting something bad approaches
- unpromisingShowing little potential
- discouragingCausing loss of confidence
- futileIncapable of producing results
grim · dimmer · darker · worse · deteriorating · declining · worsening · unfavorable
hopeless
Beyond possibility of success
- despairingCompletely without hope
- grimHarsh and foreboding
- dismalDepressingly dark or dull
dreary · gloomy · cheerless · joyless · somber · melancholy · dejected · despondent · pessimistic · forlorn
desolate
Bleak and abandoned
inhospitable · empty · bare · void · windswept · treeless · unforgiving · sparse · exposed · stripped
frigid
Extremely and intensely cold
chill · freezing · glacial · raw · biting · bitter · numbing · grey · overcast · sunless
dire
Extremely serious or urgent
- ominousSuggesting something bad approaches
- unpromisingShowing little potential
- discouragingCausing loss of confidence
futile · grim · dimmer · darker · worse · deteriorating · declining · worsening · unfavorable · disheartening
- bleak landscape
- bleak weatherCold, gray, unwelcoming conditions
- bleak outlookExpectation of poor outcomes
- Bleak HouseCheerless, unwelcoming residence
- bleak humorComedy drawn from despair
- bleak talesSomber, cheerless stories