Word Definitions & Examples
adjective satellite
Sense 1
"grim determination"
"grim necessity"
"Russia''s final hour, it seemed, approached with inexorable certainty"
"relentless persecution"
"the stern demands of parenthood"
Similar:
implacable
adjective satellite
Sense 2
"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"
"macabr"
Similar:
alarming
adjective satellite
Sense 3
"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"
Similar:
hopeless
adjective satellite
Sense 4
"black humor"
"a grim joke"
"grim laughter"
"fun ranging from slapstick clowning ... to savage mordant wit"
Similar:
sarcastic
adjective satellite
Sense 5
"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"
Similar:
unpleasant
adjective satellite
Sense 6
"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"
Semantic Complexity
58%
Sense Count
6
Total Synonyms
7
Total Relationships
7
Times Searched
3
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