bleak
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Synonyms & Antonyms for bleak
Synonyms
black, cheerless, chill, Cimmerian, cloudy, cold, comfortless, dark, darkening, depressing, depressive, desolate, dire, disconsolate, dismal, drear, dreary, dreich [chiefly Scottish], elegiac (also elegiacal), forlorn, funereal, gloomy, glum, godforsaken, gray (also grey), lonely, lonesome, lugubrious, miserable, morbid, morose, murky, plutonian, saturnine, sepulchral, solemn, somber (or sombre), sullen, sunless, tenebrific, tenebrous, wretched
Antonyms
bright, cheerful, cheering, cheery, comforting, cordial, festive, friendly, gay, heartwarming, sunshiny
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Still, the outlook is particularly bleak for first-time buyers. — Bloomberg, The Mercury News, "America’s housing affordability crisis spreads inland," 31 July 2019 Still, the outlook is particularly bleak for first-time buyers. — Los Angeles Times, "Housing affordability crisis spreads to the Midwest and other lower-cost areas," 30 July 2019 Things looked bleak for the Tide when Tua Tagovailoa went down with a second sprained ankle of the day only for Jalen Hurts to sweep in for a heroic final act at Alabama. — Michael Casagrande | [email protected], al.com, "The long shadow Alabama casts on Georgia," 16 July 2019 The first half was so bleak for the Warriors that the Raptors went scoreless for nearly five minutes of the second quarter yet emerged from the drought with a 13-point lead. — Scott Cacciola, New York Times, "How the Raptors Won Game 3 of the N.B.A. Finals," 5 June 2019 Without changes, the situation looks bleak for all of its inhabitants. — Laura Parker, National Geographic, "U.N.: Environmental threats are jeopardizing human health," 13 Mar. 2019 There's no better time than the bleak midwinter to view the colorful works of media and graphics design artists to help lift your spirits. — Rich Heileman, cleveland.com, "Show reveals 'Identity' at Fawick Gallery in Berea: Around The Town," 12 Jan. 2018 There’s nothing like the allure of Puccini’s music to counter any box office attrition that could set in at Lyric Opera during the bleak Chicago midwinter. — John Von Rhein, chicagotribune.com, "Lyric Opera greets new year with an improved 'Turandot'," 11 Jan. 2018 Or perhaps the abundant foliage will simply cover up the scars made visible by the sparsity of bleak midwinter. — Sarah Begley, Time, "Ali Smith’s Winter Is Love in the Time of Brexit," 11 Jan. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'bleak.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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bleak
adjective