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GRIM Synonyms

There are 47 synonyms of the word grim. (exact relations)
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gloomy
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• depressingly dark

• filled with melancholy and despondency

• causing dejection

dour
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• stubbornly unyielding

• harshly uninviting or formidable in manner or appearance

• showing a brooding ill humor

dreary
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• lacking in liveliness or charm or surprise

• causing dejection

forbidding
adjectiveadj
noun

• an official prohibition or edict against something

adjective satellite

• harshly uninviting or formidable in manner or appearance

• threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments

stern
adjectiveadj
noun

• the rear part of a ship

• United States concert violinist (born in Russia in 1920)

• the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on

adjective satellite

• of a stern or strict bearing or demeanor; forbidding in aspect

• not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty

• severe and unremitting in making demands

• severely simple

austere
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• severely simple

• of a stern or strict bearing or demeanor; forbidding in aspect

• practicing great self-denial

bleak
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• offering little or no hope

• providing no shelter or sustenance

• unpleasantly cold and damp

cheerless
adjectiveadj
adjective

• causing sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy

glum
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• moody and melancholic

• showing a brooding ill humor

harsh
adjectiveadj
adjective

• of textures that are rough to the touch or substances consisting of relatively large particles

adjective satellite

• unpleasantly stern

• unpleasantly rough or jarring to the senses

• unkind or cruel or uncivil

• severe

• sharply disagreeable; rigorous

joyless
adjectiveadj
adjective

• not experiencing or inspiring joy

morose
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• showing a brooding ill humor

oppressive
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• weighing heavily on the senses or spirit

• marked by unjust severity or arbitrary behavior

rugged
adjectiveadj
adjective

• sturdy and strong in constitution or construction; enduring

• having long narrow shallow depressions (as grooves or wrinkles) in the surface

adjective satellite

• topographically very uneven

• very difficult; severely testing stamina or resolution

severe
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• intensely or extremely bad or unpleasant in degree or quality

• very strong or vigorous

• severely simple

• unsparing and uncompromising in discipline or judgment

• causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm

• very bad in degree or extent

somber
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• lacking brightness or color; dull

• grave or even gloomy in character

sullen
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• showing a brooding ill humor

• darkened by clouds

uninviting
adjectiveadj
adjective

• neither attractive nor tempting

adjective satellite

• not tempting

unsmiling
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• not smiling

blue
adjectiveadj
noun

• blue color or pigment; resembling the color of the clear sky in the daytime

• blue clothing

• any organization or party whose uniforms or badges are blue

• the sky as viewed during daylight

• used to whiten laundry or hair or give it a bluish tinge

• the sodium salt of amobarbital that is used as a barbiturate; used as a sedative and a hypnotic

• any of numerous small butterflies of the family Lycaenidae

adjective satellite

• of the color intermediate between green and violet; having a color similar to that of a clear unclouded sky

• used to signify the Union forces in the American Civil War (who wore blue uniforms)

• filled with melancholy and despondency

• characterized by profanity or cursing

• suggestive of sexual impropriety

• belonging to or characteristic of the nobility or aristocracy

• morally rigorous and strict

• causing dejection

verb

• turn blue

Alternatives for GLOOMY

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