bleaker

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barren adj.
depressing adj.

ADJECTIVE

barren

Synonyms

STRONGEST

austere chilly cold desolate dreary grim

WEAK

bare blank blighted bombed bulldozed burned cleared deforested desert deserted exposed flat gaunt open raw scorched stripped unpopulated unsheltered weather-beaten wild windswept

Antonyms

STRONGEST

bright cheerful friendly happy hot sympathetic warm

WEAK

appealing comfortable comforting congenial encouraging nice pleasant sunny

ADJECTIVE

depressing

Synonyms

STRONGEST

dark dismal dreary gloomy grim harsh lonely sad somber

WEAK

black cheerless comfortless discouraging disheartening drear funereal hard hopeless joyless melancholy mournful oppressive unpromising

Antonyms

STRONGEST

bright cheerful encouraging glad happy hopeful joyful light pleasant sunny

WEAK

appealing comfortable comforting congenial nice

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bleaker

For young Americans, though, the job landscape was much bleaker.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 13, 2026

The mixed jobs picture reflects surging demand for people in healthcare and social services but a bleaker environment for government employees, factory workers and cubicle dwellers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 12, 2026

However, Arsenal themselves have a much bleaker record as they've been top at Christmas four times before but have never gone on to lift the trophy.

From BBC ● Dec. 20, 2025

But the signs are that the near future, at least, will be economically bleaker than the present.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2025

That same day, however, he wrote John a private and far bleaker letter.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson