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[ adjective ] 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 Used in print (Brand Blanshard, "The Emotive Theory," Robert...)Whatever the unhappy inmates of such camps are like today , Dostoevsky 's companions were about as grim a lot as can be imagined . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] 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" Related terms |
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[ adjective ] harshly ironic or sinister
Examples "black humor" "a grim joke" "grim laughter" "fun ranging from slapstick clowning ... to savage mordant wit" Used in print (Vina Delmar, The Big Family....)Naval procedure , he thought , had its moments of grim humor . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] causing dejection
Synonyms 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" Used in print (Charles Wharton Stork, "Verner von Heidenstam"...)They comprise a great variety of scene and interest : grim episodes of war , idyllic interludes , superb canvases of world-shaking events , and delightfully humorous sketches of odd characters . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] harshly uninviting or formidable in manner or appearance
Synonyms 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"- J.M.Barrie Related terms |
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[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 5404
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