1. (adjective) offering little or no hope

• black
• dim

2. (adjective) providing no shelter or sustenance

• bare
• barren
• desolate
• stark

3. (adjective) unpleasantly cold and damp

• cutting
• raw

1. (adjective) offering little or no hope

• hopeless

2. (adjective) providing no shelter or sustenance

• inhospitable

3. (adjective) unpleasantly cold and damp

• cold

1. (adjective) offering little or no hope

• bareness
• bleakness
• desolation
• nakedness

2. (adjective) providing no shelter or sustenance

• aridity
• barrenness
• fruitlessness
• bareness
• bareness
• starkness
• starkness
• bareness
• bleakness
• desolation
• nakedness
• barren
• waste
• wasteland

3. (adjective) unpleasantly cold and damp

• bareness
• bleakness
• desolation
• nakedness
• rawness