bleak
I
(exposed and barren) adjective
bare, barren, blank, cold, deserted, desolate, exposed, unpopulated, unsheltered, waste
II
(not favorable) adjective
dark, depressing, disheartening, dismal, distressing, forbidding, gloomy, grave, grim, inauspicious, joyless, ominous, somber, sombrous, unfavorable
III
(severely simple) adjective
austere, cheerless, cold, comfortless, depressing, dismal, dour, drear, dreary, dull, gloomy, grim, joyless, somber, sombrous, uninviting
IV
index
devoid, jejune (dull)
Burton's Legal Thesaurus.
William C. Burton.
2006