Bleak
Bleak adjective - Causing or marked by an atmosphere lacking in cheer.
Usage example: a bleak outlook for the team for the rest of the season
Miserable is a synonym for bleak in unpromising topic. In some cases you can use "Miserable" instead an adjective "Bleak".
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
- They did not travel back in time to save the world from a bleak or miserable fate.
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Crapsack World: Frogstar World B is a bleak, miserable place that long ago passed the Shoe Event Horizon.
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Second Law of Gender Bending: Mocked in one strip; the parody TF comic boils down to "Boys are hideous and live bleak, miserable lives; girls (and boys turned girls) are pretty and have perfect lives with no problems".
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