bleak1

adjective

• (of an area of land) lacking vegetation and exposed to the elements:a bleak and barren moor
• (of a building or room) charmless and inhospitable; dreary:he looked around the bleak little room in despair
• (of the weather) cold and miserable:a bleak midwinter’s day
• (of a situation or future prospect) not hopeful or encouraging; unlikely to have a favorable outcome:he paints a bleak picture of a company that has lost its way
• (of a person or a person’s expression) cold and forbidding:his bleak, near vacant eyes grew remote