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grim definition
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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")
grim definition
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