% replaces any number of letters (la% - lake, lamp)_ replaces one letter (ca_ - car, cat)

Other crossword clues for answer "BLEAK"

BLEAK
Hopeless
__ House (Dickens)
With a bad outlook
Discouraging
Far from comforting
___ House
Desolate
Dickens's "___ House"
Dreary
Like the tundra
Cheerless
Far from promising
Grim
Like a wasteland
Just about hopeless
Not promising
*Dismal
Depressing
Stark
Gloomy
Not optimistic
Rather hopeless
Far from optimistic
Not very promising
Far from rosy
Desolate and windswept.
Dickens "House."
Swept by cold winds.
Lacking kindliness.
Stark; barren; dreary
___ House: Dickens
Dispiriting
Not rosy
Like some prospects
Unpromising
Dim or grim
Like the mood fostered by "Waiting for Godot"
Cold and dreary
Look round and round upon this bare ___ plain ... (Charles Dickens)
Opposite of rosy
Not looking good
Dickens' "___ House"
Not at all promising
Far from encouraging
Like film noir
Hardly promising
Desolate and dreary
Hardly hospitable