1. most cold, empty, and unwelcoming in appearance
Usage: superlative form of bleak
2. most hopeless or depressing
Usage: superlative form of bleak

Examples

• The mountaintop was the bleakest place she had ever seen.
• This was the bleakest winter in decades.
• The economic forecast painted the bleakest picture yet.
• Even in his bleakest moments, he never gave up hope.
• The desert landscape looked bleakest at dawn.
• The report described the bleakest scenario for climate change.