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Grim Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Grim? [adj] 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" [adj] 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" [adj] characterized by hopelessness; filled with gloom; "gloomy at the thought of what he had to face"; "gloomy predictions"; "a gloomy silence"; "took a grim view of the economy" [adj] 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" [adj] 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 [adj] harshly ironic or sinister; "black humor"; "a grim joke"; "grim laughter"; "fun ranging from slapstick clowning ... to savage mordant wit" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Grim: alarming \| black \| blue \| cheerless \| dark \| depressing \| disconsolate \| dismal \| dispiriting \| dour \| forbidding \| ghastly \| gloomy \| grisly \| gruesome \| hopeless \| implacable \| inexorable \| macabre \| mordant \| relentless \| sarcastic \| stern \| unappeasable \| uncheerful \| unforgiving \| unpleasant \| unrelenting Related Terms \| Find terms related to Grim: adamant \| adamantine \| affording no hope \| alarming \| anguished \| anxious \| apathetic \| appalling \| astounding \| astringent \| atrocious \| austere \| authoritarian \| awe-inspiring \| awesome \| awful \| baneful \| barbarous \| barfy \| beastly \| beetle-browed \| black \| black-browed \| bleak \| bloodthirsty \| bored \| brutal \| brutish \| bum \| cast-iron \| certain \| cheerless \| cheesy \| cold \| comfortless \| crappy \| creepy \| cruel \| crummy \| dark \| dead set \| decided \| decorous \| dejected \| demanding \| demure \| depressed \| despairing \| desperate \| despondent \| determined \| dire \| direful \| dirty \| disconsolate \| discontented \| disgusted \| dismal \| dogged \| dour \| dread \| dreaded \| dreadful \| drear \| drearisome \| dreary \| dumpish \| earnest \| eerie \| evil \| evil-favored \| evil-looking \| exacting \| exigent \| fell \| feral \| ferocious \| fiendish \| fierce \| firm \| fixed \| flagitious \| flinty \| forbidding \| foreboding \| forlorn \| formal \| formidable \| frightening \| frightful \| frowning \| funebrial \| funereal \| ghastly \| ghoulish \| gloomy \| glowering \| glum \| godawful \| goshawful \| grave \| gray \| grim-faced \| grim-visaged \| grisly \| grotesque \| gruesome \| grum \| hairy \| hard \| hard-core \| hard-favored \| hard-featured \| hard-visaged \| harrowing \| harsh \| headstrong \| heartless \| heinous \| hideous \| homicidal \| hopeless \| horrendous \| horrible \| horrid \| horrific \| horrifying \| humorless \| icky \| ill-favored \| ill-featured \| ill-looking \| immovable \| immutable \| implacable \| impliable \| in bad humor \| in despair \| inclement \| inelastic \| inevitable \| inexorable \| infestive \| inflexible \| inhuman \| inhumane \| iniquitous \| intractable \| intransigent \| iron \| irreconcilable \| joyless \| loathsome \| long-faced \| lowering \| lurid \| macabre \| melancholy \| merciless \| meticulous \| mirthless \| miserable \| monstrous \| moodish \| moody \| mopey \| moping \| mopish \| morbid \| morose \| mortal \| mumpish \| murderous \| nauseated \| nauseous \| obdurate \| obstinate \| offensive \| ominous \| out of humor \| out of sorts \| pitiless \| pleasureless \| prey to malaise \| punk \| putrid \| redoubtable \| relentless \| repelled \| repugnant \| repulsive \| resolute \| revolted \| revolting \| rigid \| rigorous \| rock-ribbed \| rotten \| rough \| rugged \| ruthless \| sad \| saturnine \| savage \| schrecklich \| scowling \| sedate \| serious \| set \| severe \| shitty \| shocking \| sickened \| sinister \| sober \| sober-minded \| sobersided \| solemn \| somber \| sombrous \| sorry \| sorryish \| Spartan \| Spartanic \| staid \| steadfast \| steely \| stern \| stiff \| stinking \| stinky \| stone-faced \| stony \| straight-faced \| strict \| stringent \| stubborn \| suffering angst \| sulky \| sullen \| surly \| terrible \| terrific \| terrifying \| thoughtful \| tough \| tragic \| tremendous \| triste \| truculent \| unaffected \| unalterable \| unappeasable \| unbending \| unchangeable \| uncheerful \| uncheery \| uncompromising \| uneasy \| unflinching \| unforgiving \| unfulfilled \| ungentle \| ungiving \| ungratified \| unhappy \| unhopeful \| unjoyful \| unmirthful \| unmoved \| unmoving \| unprepossessing \| unquiet \| unrelenting \| unsatisfied \| unsmiling \| unsparing \| unspeakable \| unwavering \| unyielding \| vicious \| vindictive \| violent \| vomity \| weariful \| wearisome \| weary \| weighty \| wicked \| without hope \| wolfish \| wretched \| yecchy See Also \| Grim In Webster's Dictionary \Grim\, a. [Compar. {Grimmer} (-mer); superl. {Grimmest}.] [AS. grim; akin to G. grimm, equiv. to G. & D. grimmig, Dan. grim, grum, Sw. grym, Icel. grimmr, G. gram grief, as adj., hostile; cf. Gr. ?, a crushing sound, ? to neigh.] Of forbidding or fear-inspiring aspect; fierce; stern; surly; cruel; frightful; horrible. Whose grim aspect sets every joint a-shaking. --Shak. The ridges of grim war. --Milton. Syn: Syn.-- Fierce; ferocious; furious; horrid; horrible; frightful; ghastly; grisly; hideous; stern; sullen; sour.

Grim Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Grim?

[adj] 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"
[adj] 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"
[adj] characterized by hopelessness; filled with gloom; "gloomy at the thought of what he had to face"; "gloomy predictions"; "a gloomy silence"; "took a grim view of the economy"
[adj] 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"
[adj] 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
[adj] harshly ironic or sinister; "black humor"; "a grim joke"; "grim laughter"; "fun ranging from slapstick clowning ... to savage mordant wit"

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Grim In Webster's Dictionary

\Grim\, a. [Compar. {Grimmer} (-mer); superl. {Grimmest}.]
[AS. grim; akin to G. grimm, equiv. to G. & D. grimmig, Dan.
grim, grum, Sw. grym, Icel. grimmr, G. gram grief, as adj.,
hostile; cf. Gr. ?, a crushing sound, ? to neigh.]
Of forbidding or fear-inspiring aspect; fierce; stern; surly;
cruel; frightful; horrible.

      Whose grim aspect sets every joint a-shaking. --Shak.

      The ridges of grim war.                  --Milton.

Syn: Syn.-- Fierce; ferocious; furious; horrid; horrible;
     frightful; ghastly; grisly; hideous; stern; sullen;
     sour.

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