Thesaurus / bleak
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It was a bleak image of the future, with an urgent call to action — one that was more or less ignored by the federal government.
IS THE GOVERNMENT JUST GOING TO WATCH THE RESTAURANT INDUSTRY DIE?ELAZAR SONTAGAUGUST 28, 2020EATERThe sports retailer, like many of its peers, was hit hard by the pandemic amid shutdowns and store closures, and even announced it would suspend its dividend when things were looking especially bleak in March.
DICK’S SPORTING GOODS JUST POSTED AN EPIC QUARTER—BUT THESE 3 FACTORS MAY LIMIT THE STOCK’S UPSIDEANNE SRADERSAUGUST 26, 2020FORTUNEBeing true bulls, I’m sure none of you dumped your shares in late March as things looked their bleakest.
GLOBAL STOCKS CONTINUE TO CLIMB AFTER INVESTORS PUSHED THE S&P 500 INTO A NEW BULL MARKETBERNHARD WARNERAUGUST 19, 2020FORTUNERemarkably, this bleak picture is more optimistic than the economists’ predictions in previous surveys.
WHAT ECONOMISTS FEAR WILL HAPPEN WITHOUT MORE UNEMPLOYMENT AIDAMELIA THOMSON-DEVEAUXAUGUST 11, 2020FIVETHIRTYEIGHTIn The End of Everything, theoretical astrophysicist Katie Mack provides a tour of the admittedly bleak possibilities.
‘THE END OF EVERYTHING’ EXPLORES THE WAYS THE UNIVERSE COULD PERISHEMILY CONOVERAUGUST 4, 2020SCIENCE NEWSLast year marked the third year in a row of when Indonesia’s bleak rate of deforestation has slowed in pace.
HOW GIVING CASH TO POOR FAMILIES MAY ALSO SAVE TREES IN INDONESIAMEGAN SEVERJUNE 12, 2020SCIENCE NEWSFrom half a block behind the man, Kip watched the messenger walk along side of the bleak walls of Tombs prison.
HOODED DETECTIVE, VOLUME III NO. 2, JANUARY, 1942VARIOUSAround us rose the broken, straggling walls, bare and bleak, without a shred of ivy or wall-flower to hide their grim nakedness.
BRITISH HIGHWAYS AND BYWAYS FROM A MOTOR CARTHOMAS D. MURPHYBut there, the bleak look of what had once been full of peace and mother's love, struck cold on her heart.
RUTHELIZABETH CLEGHORN GASKELLThen at last, when the sun was near its setting and men finally felt a bleak wind biting, the Pope spoke again.
GOD WILLS IT!WILLIAM STEARNS DAVISWORDS RELATED TO BLEAK
- Siberian
- algid
- arctic
- below freezing
- below zero
- benumbed
- biting
- bitter
- blasting
- bleak
- boreal
- brisk
- brumal
- chill
- chilled
- cool
- crisp
- cutting
- frigid
- frore
- frosty
- frozen
- gelid
- glacial
- have goose bumps
- hawkish
- hiemal
- hyperborean
- icebox
- iced
- icy
- inclement
- intense
- keen
- nipping
- nippy
- numbed
- numbing
- one-dog night
- penetrating
- piercing
- polar
- raw
- rimy
- severe
- sharp
- shivery
- sleety
- snappy
- snowy
- stinging
- two-dog night
- wintry
- Siberian
- algid
- arctic
- below freezing
- below zero
- benumbed
- biting
- bitter
- blasting
- bleak
- boreal
- brisk
- brumal
- chill
- chilled
- cool
- crisp
- cutting
- frigid
- frore
- frosty
- frozen
- gelid
- glacial
- have goose bumps
- hawkish
- hiemal
- hyperborean
- icebox
- iced
- icy
- inclement
- intense
- keen
- nipping
- nippy
- numbed
- numbing
- one-dog night
- penetrating
- piercing
- polar
- raw
- rimy
- severe
- sharp
- shivery
- sleety
- snappy
- snowy
- stinging
- two-dog night
- wintry
- abject
- all torn up
- atrabilious
- black
- bleak
- broody
- bummed out
- cast down
- cheerless
- clouded
- crestfallen
- dampened
- dashed
- despondent
- disconsolate
- discouraged
- disheartened
- dismal
- dispirited
- doleful
- down
- down in the dumps
- down in the mouth
- downcast
- downhearted
- dragged
- drooping
- droopy
- gloomy
- glum
- heavy-hearted
- hurting
- in the pits
- low
- low-spirited
- melancholy
- miserable
- moody
- mopey
- mopish
- morose
- sad
- sagging
- shot down
- spiritless
- woebegone
- wretched
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