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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (6)

1. not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty;
- Example: "grim determination"
- Example: "grim necessity"
- Example: "Russia's final hour, it seemed, approached with inexorable certainty"
- Example: "relentless persecution"
- Example: "the stern demands of parenthood"
[syn: grim, inexorable, relentless, stern, unappeasable, unforgiving, unrelenting]

2. shockingly repellent; inspiring horror;
- Example: "ghastly wounds"
- Example: "the grim aftermath of the bombing"
- Example: "the grim task of burying the victims"
- Example: "a grisly murder"
- Example: "gruesome evidence of human sacrifice"
- Example: "macabre tales of war and plague in the Middle ages"
- Example: "macabre tortures conceived by madmen"
[syn: ghastly, grim, grisly, gruesome, macabre, sick]

3. harshly ironic or sinister;
- Example: "black humor"
- Example: "a grim joke"
- Example: "grim laughter"
- Example: "fun ranging from slapstick clowning ... to savage mordant wit"
[syn: black, grim, mordant]

4. harshly uninviting or formidable in manner or appearance;
- Example: "a dour, self-sacrificing life"
- Example: "a forbidding scowl"
- Example: "a grim man loving duty more than humanity"
- Example: "undoubtedly the grimmest part of him was his iron claw"- J.M.Barrie
[syn: dour, forbidding, grim]

5. filled with melancholy and despondency ;
- Example: "gloomy at the thought of what he had to face"
- Example: "gloomy predictions"
- Example: "a gloomy silence"
- Example: "took a grim view of the economy"
- Example: "the darkening mood"
- Example: "lonely and blue in a strange city"
- Example: "depressed by the loss of his job"
- Example: "a dispirited and resigned expression on her face"
- Example: "downcast after his defeat"
- Example: "feeling discouraged and downhearted"
[syn: gloomy, grim, blue, depressed, dispirited, down(p), downcast, downhearted, down in the mouth, low, low-spirited]

6. causing dejection;
- Example: "a blue day"
- Example: "the dark days of the war"
- Example: "a week of rainy depressing weather"
- Example: "a disconsolate winter landscape"
- Example: "the first dismal dispiriting days of November"
- Example: "a dark gloomy day"
- Example: "grim rainy weather"
[syn: blue, dark, dingy, disconsolate, dismal, gloomy, grim, sorry, drab, drear, dreary]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Grim \Grim\ (gr[i^]m), a. [Compar. Grimmer (-m[~e]r); superl.
   Grimmest (-m[e^]st).] [AS. grim; akin to G. grimm, equiv.
   to G. & D. grimmig, Dan. grim, grum, Sw. grym, Icel. grimmr,
   G. gram grief, as adj., hostile; cf. Gr. ?, a crushing sound,
   ? to neigh.]
   Of forbidding or fear-inspiring aspect; fierce; stern; surly;
   cruel; frightful; horrible.
   [1913 Webster]

         Whose grim aspect sets every joint a-shaking. --Shak.
   [1913 Webster]

         The ridges of grim war.                  --Milton.

   Syn: Syn.-- Fierce; ferocious; furious; horrid; horrible;
        frightful; ghastly; grisly; hideous; stern; sullen;
        sour.
        [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

grim
    adj 1: 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" [syn: grim, inexorable, relentless,
           stern, unappeasable, unforgiving, unrelenting]
    2: 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" [syn:
       ghastly, grim, grisly, gruesome, macabre, sick]
    3: harshly ironic or sinister; "black humor"; "a grim joke";
       "grim laughter"; "fun ranging from slapstick clowning ... to
       savage mordant wit" [syn: black, grim, mordant]
    4: 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 [syn:
       dour, forbidding, grim]
    5: filled with melancholy and despondency ; "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"; "lonely and blue in a strange city";
       "depressed by the loss of his job"; "a dispirited and
       resigned expression on her face"; "downcast after his
       defeat"; "feeling discouraged and downhearted" [syn:
       gloomy, grim, blue, depressed, dispirited,
       down(p), downcast, downhearted, down in the mouth,
       low, low-spirited]
    6: 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" [syn: blue,
       dark, dingy, disconsolate, dismal, gloomy, grim,
       sorry, drab, drear, dreary]