grim

 
  Grep  of  noun  grim 
  grim  reaper 
  grimace 
  grime 
  grimes'  golden 
  griminess 
  grimm 
  grimm's  law 
  grimness 
  grimoire 
  megrim 
  pilgrim 
 
  Overview  of  adj  grim 
 
  The  adj  grim  has  6  senses  (first  5  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (8)  grim,  inexorable,  relentless,  stern,  unappeasable,  unforgiving,  unrelenting  --  (not  to  be  placated  or  appeased  or  moved  by  entreaty;"grim  determination";  "grim  necessity";  "Russia's  final  hour,  it  seemed,  approached  with  inexorable  certainty";  "relentless  persecution";  "the  stern  demands  of  parenthood) 
  2.  (7)  ghastly,  grim,  grisly,  gruesome,  macabre  --  (shockingly  repellent;  inspiring  horror;  "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") 
  3.  (3)  black,  grim,  mordant  --  (harshly  ironic  or  sinister;  "black  humor";  "a  grim  joke";  "grim  laughter";  "fun  ranging  from  slapstick  clowning  ...  to  savage  mordant  wit") 
  4.  (3)  blue,  dark,  depressing,  disconsolate,  dismal,  dispiriting,  gloomy,  grim  --  (causing  dejection;  "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") 
  5.  (1)  dour,  forbidding,  grim  --  (harshly  uninviting  or  formidable  in  manner  or  appearance;  "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) 
  6.  gloomy,  grim  --  (characterized  by  hopelessness;  filled  with  gloom;  "gloomy  at  the  thought  of  what  he  had  to  face";  "gloomy  predictions";  "a  gloomy  silence";  "took  a  grim  view  of  the  economy") 
 
  Antonyms  of  adj  grim 
 
  6  senses  of  grim 
 
  Sense  1 
  grim,  inexorable,  relentless,  stern,  unappeasable,  unforgiving,  unrelenting 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  implacable)  ->  placable 
 
  Sense  2 
  ghastly,  grim,  grisly,  gruesome,  macabre 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  alarming)  ->  unalarming 
 
  Sense  3 
  black,  grim,  mordant 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  sarcastic)  ->  unsarcastic 
 
  Sense  4 
  blue,  dark,  depressing,  disconsolate,  dismal,  dispiriting,  gloomy,  grim 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  cheerless)  ->  cheerful 
 
  Sense  5 
  dour,  forbidding,  grim 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  unpleasant)  ->  pleasant 
 
  Sense  6 
  gloomy,  grim 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  hopeless)  ->  hopeful 
 
  Similarity  of  adj  grim 
 
  6  senses  of  grim 
 
  Sense  1 
  grim,  inexorable,  relentless,  stern,  unappeasable,  unforgiving,  unrelenting 
  =>  implacable  (vs.  placable) 
 
  Sense  2 
  ghastly,  grim,  grisly,  gruesome,  macabre 
  =>  alarming  (vs.  unalarming) 
 
  Sense  3 
  black,  grim,  mordant 
  =>  sarcastic  (vs.  unsarcastic) 
 
  Sense  4 
  blue,  dark,  depressing,  disconsolate,  dismal,  dispiriting,  gloomy,  grim 
  =>  cheerless  (vs.  cheerful),  uncheerful 
 
  Sense  5 
  dour,  forbidding,  grim 
  =>  unpleasant  (vs.  pleasant) 
 
  Sense  6 
  gloomy,  grim 
  =>  hopeless  (vs.  hopeful) 
 
  Attributes  of  adj  grim 
 
 
  Familiarity  of  adj  grim 
 
  grim  used  as  an  adjective  is  common  (polysemy  count  =  6) 
 
  Grep  of  adj  grim 
  grim 
  grimy 
 
  Overview  of  adj  grim 
 
  The  adj  grim  has  6  senses  (first  5  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (8)  grim,  inexorable,  relentless,  stern,  unappeasable,  unforgiving,  unrelenting  --  (not  to  be  placated  or  appeased  or  moved  by  entreaty;"grim  determination";  "grim  necessity";  "Russia's  final  hour,  it  seemed,  approached  with  inexorable  certainty";  "relentless  persecution";  "the  stern  demands  of  parenthood) 
  2.  (7)  ghastly,  grim,  grisly,  gruesome,  macabre  --  (shockingly  repellent;  inspiring  horror;  "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") 
  3.  (3)  black,  grim,  mordant  --  (harshly  ironic  or  sinister;  "black  humor";  "a  grim  joke";  "grim  laughter";  "fun  ranging  from  slapstick  clowning  ...  to  savage  mordant  wit") 
  4.  (3)  blue,  dark,  depressing,  disconsolate,  dismal,  dispiriting,  gloomy,  grim  --  (causing  dejection;  "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") 
  5.  (1)  dour,  forbidding,  grim  --  (harshly  uninviting  or  formidable  in  manner  or  appearance;  "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) 
  6.  gloomy,  grim  --  (characterized  by  hopelessness;  filled  with  gloom;  "gloomy  at  the  thought  of  what  he  had  to  face";  "gloomy  predictions";  "a  gloomy  silence";  "took  a  grim  view  of  the  economy") 

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