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bleak
bliːk
adjective
ponury
Also
posępnybezlitosny
Definition
(Of a situation or future) not hopeful or encouraging; depressing; or (of a place) bare, desolate, and exposed to the elements.
Examples
The future looks bleak for the struggling company.
Przyszłość wygląda ponuro dla borykającej się z problemami firmy.
They lived in a bleak, windswept landscape.
Mieszkali w ponurym, wietrznym krajobrazie.
Collocations
bleak futurebleak outlookbleak landscape
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