the desert looked bleak
Bleak and gloomy are the synonyms in that sentence.
" The economic situation looked very bleak indeed!"
The Bleak mood at the funeral was depressing.
I feel very bleak today. My dog died last night.
Of all the bleak landscapes in the world, Antarctica has the bleakest.
Here is an exampleThe outcome is bleak, we only have a week.
There was a bleak wind between the mountains
Though the prognosis was BLEAK, she tryed to make the best of her last days.
bleak
Bleak Spring was created in 1993.
Bleak Moments was created in 1971.
Bleak House was created in 1853.