black (s)
bleak (s)
dim (s)

a01229561

type s
lex_filenum 00
def offering little or no hope
examples the future looked black
prospects were bleak
Life in the Aran Islands has always been bleak and difficult J.M.Synge
took a dim view of things
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Similar to hopeless
Derivationally related form bleak → bleakness
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Similar to hopeless
Derived from adjective bleakly → bleak
Derivationally related form bleakness → bleak

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