What does grim mean in English? Meaning of grim definition and abbreviation with examples.
Meaning of "grim": not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty
Adjective
Meaning: not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreatyExample: grim determination
grim necessity
Russia's final hour, it seemed, approached with inexorable certainty
relentless persecution
the stern demands of parenthoodSynonyms: grim
inexorable
relentless
stern
unappeasable
unforgiving
unrelentingSimilar: implacableMeaning of "grim": shockingly repellent; inspiring horror
Adjective
Meaning: shockingly repellent; inspiring horrorExample: 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 madmenSynonyms: ghastly
grim
grisly
gruesome
macabre
sickSimilar: alarmingMeaning of "grim": harshly ironic or sinister
Adjective
Meaning: harshly ironic or sinisterExample: black humor
a grim joke
grim laughter
fun ranging from slapstick clowning ... to savage mordant witSynonyms: black
grim
mordantSimilar: sarcasticMeaning of "grim": harshly uninviting or formidable in manner or appearance
Adjective
Meaning: harshly uninviting or formidable in manner or appearanceExample: 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 clawSynonyms: dour
forbidding
grimSimilar: unpleasantMeaning of "grim": filled with melancholy and despondency
Adjective
Meaning: filled with melancholy and despondencyExample: 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 downheartedSynonyms: blue
depressed
dispirited
down
down in the mouth
downcast
downhearted
gloomy
grim
low
low-spiritedSimilar: dejectedMeaning of "grim": causing dejection
Adjective
Meaning: causing dejectionExample: 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 weatherSynonyms: blue
dark
dingy
disconsolate
dismal
drab
drear
dreary
gloomy
grim
sorrySimilar: cheerless
depressing
uncheerfulAdjective: dismal and gloomy, cold and forbidding Life was grim in many northern industrial towns.rigid and unrelenting His grim determination enabled him to win.ghastly or sinister A grim castle overshadowed the village. 2012 March 22, Scott Tobias, “The Hunger Games”, in AV Club: In movie terms, it suggests Paul Verhoeven in Robocop/Starship Troopers mode, an R-rated bloodbath where the grim spectacle of children murdering each other on television is bread-and-circuses for the age of reality TV, enforced by a totalitarian regime to keep the masses at bay.2012 March 22, Scott Tobias, “The Hunger Games”, in AV Club: In movie terms, it suggests Paul Verhoeven in Robocop/Starship Troopers mode, an R-rated bloodbath where the grim spectacle of children murdering each other on television is bread-and-circuses for the age of reality TV, enforced by a totalitarian regime to keep the masses at bay.(UK, slang) disgusting; gross Wanna see the dead rat I found in my fridge? —Mate, that is grim!Synonyms:
gloomy, harsh, horrid, sour, somber, terrible, cruel, glum, grisly, ghastly, stern, gruesome, shocking, ominous, bleak, austere, barbarous, cantankerous, churlish, crusty, dogged, ferocious, fierce, forbidding, foreboding, formidable, frightful, funereal, grouchy, grumpy, hideous, implacable, inexorable, intractable, merciless, morose, relentless, resolute, ruthless, severe, sinister, stubborn, sulky, sullen, surly, truculent, unrelenting, unyielding, crabbed, glowering, scowling, splenetic,
Antonyms:
cheerful, joyful, encouraging, pleasing, kind, pleasant, wonderful, pretty, comforting, bright, light, sunny, happy, gentle, nice, good, hopeful,
