bleak

寒々とした、寒風に吹きさらされた

(adjective) Gloomy and somber: "Life in the Aran Islands has always been bleak and difficult” ( John Millington Synge).
(adjective) Providing no encouragement; depressing: a bleak prospect.
(adjective) Cold and cutting; raw: bleak winds of the North Atlantic.
(adjective) Exposed to the elements; unsheltered and barren: the bleak, treeless regions of the high Andes.
(noun) A small European freshwater fish of the genus Alburnus that is related to the carp and has silvery scales used in the manufacture of artificial pearls.

The thought of Nick standing there in the stables, his expression bleak and angry, tall and dark yet so oddly comfortable and easy to be with, made the breath catch in her throat.