Bleak
Part of speech: noun
Definition: A small European river fish (Alburnus alburnus), of the family Cyprinidae; the blay.
Part of speech: adjective
Definition: Without color; pale; pallid. Desolate and exposed; swept by cold winds. Cold; cheerless.
Example sentence: Rebellion without truth is like spring in a bleak, arid desert.
Inhospitable
Part of speech: adjective
Definition: Not inclined to hospitality; unfriendly,Not offering shelter; barren or forbidding.