grim

Letters that make grim

g, m, r, i are letters that make 'grim'

Words within grim

RI, rim are words within 'grim'

Words created by adding a letter to the beginning or end of grim

grimy, Grimm, grime are words created by adding a letter to 'grim'


6 possible definitions for 'grim'

Grim as "causing dejection"

Under this definition, grim is an adjective and has the following properties:

Synonyms

gloomy, dingy, dark, blue, disconsolate, dismal, sorry, drab, drear, dreary have the same meaning as 'grim'

Derivatives of grim

insipidity, boringness, dreariness, insipidness are derivatives of 'grim'.

Similar to grim

depressing, cheerless, uncheerful are similar to 'grim'.

Example of grim used within this context

"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"


Grim as "harshly uninviting or formidable in manner or appearance"

Under this definition, grim is an adjective and has the following properties:

Synonyms

forbidding, dour have the same meaning as 'grim'

Derivatives of grim

grimness, ghastliness, gruesomeness, luridness are derivatives of 'grim'.

Similar to grim

unpleasant is similar to grim.

Example of grim used within this context

"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


Grim as "harshly ironic or sinister"

Under this definition, grim is an adjective and has the following properties:

Synonyms

mordant, black have the same meaning as 'grim'

Derivatives of grim

grimness, ghastliness, gruesomeness, luridness are derivatives of 'grim'.

Similar to grim

sarcastic is similar to grim.

Example of grim used within this context

"black humor", "a grim joke", "grim laughter", "fun ranging from slapstick clowning ... to savage mordant wit"


Grim as "not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty"

Under this definition, grim is an adjective and has the following properties:

Synonyms

stern, inexorable, unrelenting, unforgiving, relentless, unappeasable have the same meaning as 'grim'

Derivatives of grim

sternness, strictness, rigor, rigorousness, rigourousness, severity, grimness, relentlessness, inexorableness, asperity, severeness, inexorability, rigour, hardship are derivatives of 'grim'.

Similar to grim

implacable is similar to grim.

Example of grim used within this context

"grim determination", "grim necessity", "Russia's final hour, it seemed, approached with inexorable certainty", "relentless persecution", "the stern demands of parenthood"


Grim as "filled with melancholy and despondency"

Under this definition, grim is an adjective and has the following properties:

Synonyms

downhearted, gloomy, blue, depressed, dispirited, down(p), downcast, down in the mouth, low, low-spirited have the same meaning as 'grim'

Derivatives of grim

gloominess, lugubriousness, sadness, somberness, sombreness, gloom, dejectedness, downheartedness, low-spiritedness, dispiritedness, lowness are derivatives of 'grim'.

Similar to grim

dejected is similar to grim.

Example of grim used within this context

"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 expression on her face", "downcast after his defeat", "feeling discouraged and downhearted"


Grim as "shockingly repellent, inspiring horror"

Under this definition, grim is an adjective and has the following properties:

Synonyms

macabre, ghastly, grisly, gruesome, sick have the same meaning as 'grim'

Derivatives of grim

grimness, ghastliness, gruesomeness, luridness are derivatives of 'grim'.

Similar to grim

alarming is similar to grim.

Example of grim used within this context

"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"



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