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grim
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- pronunciation:
- grIm
- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective)
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| inflections: |
grimmer, grimmest |
| definition 1: |
stern and unrelenting; harsh.
The generals came to a grim decision.You'll just have to face the grim facts.These are the grim realities of life for these children.- synonyms:
- brutal, harsh, stern, unbending
- antonyms:
- lenient
- similar words:
- adamant, dour, inexorable, stark, strict, uncompromising, unrelenting
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| definition 2: |
having a gruesome, repellent, or sinister character; horrible.
The grim specter of a civil war loomed in the minds of the leaders.The battlefield, strewn with the bodies of soldiers, was a grim sight to behold.- synonyms:
- brutal, forbidding, formidable, gruesome, morbid, ominous, repellent, sinister
- antonyms:
- pleasant
- similar words:
- fearsome, ghastly, horrendous, horrible, lowering, macabre, repugnant
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| definition 3: |
lacking cheerfulness or hope, or providing little reason to hope; gloomy; harsh.
The prison cells were dark and grim.The government has to face the grim prospect of the famine continuing.His chances of winning appear grim at this point.The judge's expression was grim as she passed sentence on the defendant.The doctor gave him a grim prognosis.- synonyms:
- depressing, dismal, dreary, gloomy, morbid
- antonyms:
- bright, cheerful, hopeful, lighthearted, sunny
- similar words:
- cheerless, dismal, dreary, miserable, morose, somber, sullen
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| related words: |
black, cadaverous, cruel, dark, dire, forbidding, gloomy, gory, grave, inhuman, moody, obdurate, serious, solemn, terrible |
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| derivations: |
grimly (adv.), grimness (n.) |
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