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trostlos — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • bleak adj Cold, grey, and exposed, with nothing to soften the harshness of the scene.
  • desolate adj Empty and bleak, with no people or life around; also, extremely sad and without hope.
  • disconsolate adj Cheerless, dreary.
  • dreary adj Dull, gloomy, and depressing.
  • gaunt adj Unhealthily thin, especially with a hollow, drawn look from hunger, illness, or exhaustion.

Senses

trostlos is used for these senses in English:

  • bleak Desolate and exposed; swept by cold winds.
  • bleak Unhappy; cheerless; miserable; emotionally desolate.
  • desolate Sad, forlorn and hopeless.
  • disconsolate Cheerless, dreary.
  • dreary Drab; dark, colorless, or cheerless.
  • gaunt Of a place or thing: bleak, desolate.

bleak — full definition

  1. adj Cold, grey, and exposed, with nothing to soften the harshness of the scene.
  2. adj Offering little hope; grim.

desolate — full definition

  1. adj Empty and bleak, with no people or life around; also, extremely sad and without hope.
  2. verb To make a place empty of people or life; to devastate.

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