adj.
1 without hope
VERBS
▪ appear , be , look , seem
▪ become
▪ remain
ADVERB
▪ extremely , fairly , very , etc.
▪
Prospects for the industry are extremely ~.
▪ increasingly
2 bare/empty/without pleasant features
VERBS
▪ be , look , seem
▪
The landscape looked ~ and desolate in the rain.
▪ become
ADVERB
▪ very
▪ rather
▪
It was a rather ~ and dismal place.
Bleak is used with these nouns: ↑ expanse , ↑ expression , ↑ future , ↑ landscape , ↑ moor , ↑ outlook , ↑ picture , ↑ prospect , ↑ room , ↑ vision , ↑ winter