grim

Words with a similar base: grim

'grim'

[grim.s.01] as in: not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty

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

'grim'

[ghastly.s.01] as in: shockingly repellent; inspiring horror

Examples:
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

'grim'

[black.s.07] as in: harshly ironic or sinister

Examples:
black humor
a grim joke
grim laughter
fun ranging from slapstick clowning ...

to savage mordant wit

'grim'

[dour.s.02] as in: harshly uninviting or formidable in manner or appearance; ; ; ; - J.M.Barrie

Examples:
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

'grim'

[gloomy.s.02] as in: filled with melancholy and despondency

Examples:
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'

[blue.s.08] as in: causing dejection

Examples:
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

Origins

					grim (English)
└── grim (Old English (ca. 450-1100))

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