Grim

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Unrelenting; rigid.
  • adj. Uninviting or unnerving in aspect; forbidding: "undoubtedly the grimmest part of him was his iron claw” ( J.M. Barrie).
  • adj. Ghastly; sinister: "He made a grim jest at the horrifying nature of his wound” ( Reginald Pound). See Synonyms at ghastly.
  • adj. Dismal; gloomy: a grim, rainy day.
  • adj. Ferocious; savage: the grim advance of the pillaging army.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. dismal and gloomy, cold and forbidding
  • adj. rigid and unrelenting
  • adj. ghastly or sinister
  • adj. disgusting; gross
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Of forbidding or fear-inspiring aspect; fierce; stern; surly; cruel; frightful; horrible.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Of a fierce, stern, or forbidding aspect; severe or repellent in appearance or demeanor; fierce; sullen; surly.
  • Stern in character or quality; unyielding; dreadful; formidable: as, grim determination.
  • Marked by harshness or severity; distressful; dolorous; cheerless: as, grim suffering; a grim jest.
  • Synonyms Grisly, Hideous, etc. (see ghastly); severe, harsh, hard.
  • n. Anger; wrath.
  • To make grim; give a stern or forbidding aspect to.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. causing dejection
  • adj. not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty
  • adj. filled with melancholy and despondency
  • adj. harshly ironic or sinister
  • adj. shockingly repellent; inspiring horror
  • adj. harshly uninviting or formidable in manner or appearance
  • Equivalent
    Variant
    grimmer    grimmest   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    ghastly    sullen    sour    horrid    syn    ferocious    frightful    hideous    stern    grisly   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Grimm    Him    Im    Jim    Kim    Sim    Tim    Zim    brim    crim   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    terrible    gloomy    solemn    stern    sinister    tragic