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grim::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | dour, forbidding |
| Derivation | grimness |
a grim man loving duty more than humanity.
undoubtedly the grimmest part of him was his iron claw.
grim::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | inexorable, relentless, stern, unappeasable, unforgiving, unrelenting |
| Derivation | grimness |
grim determination.
grim necessity.
grim::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | blue, depressed, dispirited, down, down in the mouth, downcast, downhearted, gloomy, low, low-spirited |
took a grim view of the economy.
Examples of grim
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This is all fairly grim, and people have wasted little time in pointing figures.
From the thebeaveronline.co.uk
The figure is likely to be grim, showing an economy that grew barely, if at all.
From the economist.com
If only more movies were able to handle the grim and downright disturbing truth.
From the guardian.co.uk
As the grim scene unfolds, you can almost feel the euro's chances draining away.
From the economist.com
Browsing the bookstore shelves can pose grim challenges for the ordinary mortal.
From the kentucky.com
Charlie's grim pursuit of Best Speller status could use some comic-strip relief.
From the time.com
Seemingly daily, there's more grim news about food shortages and climate change.
From the usatoday.com
It's grim that some people could lose their houses and have to rent for a while.
From the jsonline.com
Hard times stand between us and the grim consequences of Al and his bad science.
From the washingtontimes.com
- Not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty; "grim determination"; "grim necessity"; "Russia's final hour, it seemed, approached with inexorable certainty"; "relentless persecution"; "the stern demands of parenthood"
- Ghastly: shockingly repellent; inspiring horror; "ghastly wounds"; "the grim aftermath of the bombing"; "the grim task of burying the victims"; "a grisly murder"; "gruesome evidence of human sacrifice"; "macabre tales of war and plague in the Middle ages"; "macabre tortures conceived by madmen"
- Black: harshly ironic or sinister; "black humor"; "a grim joke"; "grim laughter"; "fun ranging from slapstick clowning ... to savage mordant wit"
- Dour: harshly uninviting or formidable in manner or appearance; "a dour, self-sacrificing life"; "a forbidding scowl"; "a grim man loving duty more than humanity"; "undoubtedly the grimmest part of him was his iron claw"- J.M.Barrie
- Gloomy: filled with melancholy and despondency ; "gloomy at the thought of what he had to face"; "gloomy predictions"; "a gloomy silence"; "took a grim view of the economy"; "the darkening mood"; "lonely and blue in a strange city"; "depressed by the loss of his job"; "a dispirited and resigned ...
- Blue: causing dejection; "a blue day"; "the dark days of the war"; "a week of rainy depressing weather"; "a disconsolate winter landscape"; "the first dismal dispiriting days of November"; "a dark gloomy day"; "grim rainy weather"
- (grimly) in a grim implacable manner; "he was grimly satisfied"
- Grim was a Montenegrin gothic metal band. It was formed in 1999 in Bar, Montenegro. Their first single "Rijeka Moga Sna" (River of My Dreams) was released in 2003, and a video was filmed for it. ...
- This is a list of characters from the American animated television series The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy, which was created by Maxwell Atoms, and which originally aired on Cartoon Network from August 24, 2001 to November 11, 2007.
