bleak.

1. Bare, exposed, and offering little warmth or comfort.

2. Offering little hope or encouragement.

Use it for

Words that belong together

• bleak moor
• bleak landscape

On the page

A bleak moor stretched beyond the abandoned inn.

Usage notes

Primary category: setting / environment. Forms: Comparative more bleak; superlative most bleak when comparison is meaningful. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: setting, description. Commonness: moderately common.