索さく漠ばく

taru-adjective, adverb taking the 'to' particle

dreary; bleak; desolate

Literary word describing a scene or atmosphere that is barren, lifeless, and emotionally cold. Often used with たる or として.

• 冬ふゆの荒こう野やは索さく漠ばくたる風ふう景けいだった。

  The winter wilderness was a desolate landscape.

• 彼かれの心こころは索さく漠ばくとして、何なにも感かんじられなかった。

  His heart was bleak and he could feel nothing.