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grim

(gr/I/m )

adjective (a)

Of forbidding or fear-inspiring aspect; fierce; stern; surly; cruel; frightful; horrible.(adjective)

source: webster1913

adjective satellite (s)

not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty(adj.all)

Example:
Grim determination.
Grim necessity.

Synonym:
inexorable, relentless, stern, unappeasable, unforgiving, unrelenting

source: wordnet30
shockingly repellent; inspiring horror(adj.all)

Example:
The grim aftermath of the bombing.
The grim task of burying the victims.

Synonym:
ghastly, grisly, gruesome, macabre, sick

source: wordnet30
harshly ironic or sinister(adj.all)

Example:
A grim joke.
Grim laughter.

Synonym:
black, mordant

source: wordnet30
harshly uninviting or formidable in manner or appearance(adj.all)

Example:
A grim man loving duty more than humanity.
Undoubtedly the grimmest part of him was his iron claw.

Synonym:
dour, forbidding

source: wordnet30
filled with melancholy and despondency(adj.all)

Example:
Took a grim view of the economy.

Synonym:
blue, depressed, dispirited, down, down in the mouth, downcast, downhearted, gloomy, low, low-spirited

source: wordnet30
causing dejection(adj.all)

Example:
Grim rainy weather.

Synonym:
blue, dark, dingy, disconsolate, dismal, drab, drear, dreary, gloomy, sorry

source: wordnet30

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