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When the future arrives wearing gray and forgot to bring snacks.
means Lacking warmth, hope, or comfort; emotionally or physically barren and grim.
from From Old Norse bleikr, pale, and Old English blac, pale or shining — a word that drifted from washed-out color to washed-out hope.
Color cousinShares roots with bleach, both meaning pale.
Landscape firstOriginally described bare, windswept terrain before moods.
Bleak HouseDickens made it a courtroom-misery brand name.