Answer: BLEAK

AnswerCrossword Clue
BLEAKDickens' "... House"
BLEAKSwept by cold winds.
BLEAKLacking kindliness.
BLEAKStark; barren; dreary
BLEAK"... House": Dickens
BLEAKDispiriting
BLEAKNot rosy
BLEAKLike some prospects
BLEAKUnpromising
BLEAKOpposite of rosy
BLEAKDickens "House."
BLEAKNot at all promising
BLEAKLike film noir
BLEAKHardly promising
BLEAKDesolate and dreary
BLEAKDim or grim
bleakcold and raw
bleaka freshwater fish / dreary (dismal (gloomy (dismally dark)))
bleakdreary; depressing
bleakbare
BLEAKFar from promising
BLEAK.. House (Dickens)
BLEAKFar from comforting
BLEAKDiscouraging
BLEAKLike a wasteland
BLEAKJust about hopeless
BLEAKDickens's "... House"
BLEAKDreary
BLEAKLike the tundra
BLEAKCheerless
BLEAKHopeless
BLEAKGrim
BLEAKNot promising
BLEAKRather hopeless
BLEAKFar from optimistic
BLEAKNot very promising
BLEAKDismal
BLEAKCheerless.
BLEAKDesolate and windswept.
BLEAKDesolate.