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Synonyms
bleak1 (blēk)

[Middle English bleik, pale, from Old Norse bleikr, white.]

adjective: bleak·er, bleak·est. 

    1. Gloomy and somber: “Life in the Aran Islands has always been bleak and difficult” (John Millington Synge)
    2. Providing no encouragement; depressing: a bleak prospect.
  2. Cold and cutting; raw: bleak winds of the North Atlantic.
  3. Exposed to the elements; unsheltered and barren: the bleak, treeless regions of the high Andes.

derivatives

bleaḱly
adverb
bleaḱness
noun
bleak2 (blēk)

[Middle English bleke, probably alteration (influenced by bleke, pale), of * blay, from Old English blǣge.]

noun: pl., bleak or bleaks 

A small European freshwater fish of the genus Alburnus that is related to the carp and has silvery scales used in the manufacture of artificial pearls.