grim
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4.2
- adjective
- /ɡrɪm/
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sombrío
- The part-time nurse calls me with the grim news of Mother's heart failure.
- a grim reality
- a grim prediction
- grim statistics
They they've got a certain sense of grim style.
- They they've got a certain sense of grim style.
- We just stood there like, you know, life was pretty grim, and the cool kids danced.
- I feel like that's pretty grim, you know what I mean?
- Thank you so much, and thank you all for being here on a rather grim November evening.
- So it felt very, yeah, grim and gritty and kind of not a lot of fun.
- So I think the future right now, it's it's pretty grim for France.
- That's for people who can't handle reality and, you know, grim dark and all that kind of stuff.
- It's feels so cynical that to think about narcissism is a rather grim view on human nature.
- And each moment was, was very grim.
- And then they hit adolescence and very quickly it becomes grim and hard and life is difficult.
- But what was going on societally was was pretty grim.
Examples
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The researchers said: "The study uncovered a grim pattern of occupational diseases."
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After the storm, the town was left in a grim state, with many homes damaged.
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But things get quickly very grim indeed.
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Thank you so much, and thank you all for being here on a rather grim November evening.
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So I think the future right now, it's it's pretty grim for France.
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Students who drop out of high school may have a grim economic future.
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But now they were faced with a new, grim reality.
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Today we mark a truly grim, heartbreaking milestone.
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Last week's murders marked a grim escalation in the already deeply divided nation.
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America's past experiences with illegal abortions paint a grim picture for the future.
Academic text (2017)
Synonyms
842
1.0
Bad or unfortunate and likely to make people feel unhappy
441
3.5
Feeling very sad and without hope
377
1.0
Feeling gloomy and sad
336
1.0
Feeling sad or without energy
219
2.2
Making you feel very sad and that things will not get better
205
2.1
Feeling sad or unhappy
68
4.7
Showing little hope or encouragement
62
4.5
Making you feel sad and hopeless
52
4.6
Serious and sad in feeling or mood
44
3.8
A gloomy, boring time that makes you feel sad or tired
37
5.9
Feeling or showing deep sadness
24
6.7
Feeling sad or unhappy
23
4.1
Looking or feeling sad and quiet
17
2.1
Making people feel sad because of how it looks or feels
15
7.9
Being quiet and unhappy and showing little interest in others
5
5.4
Feeling sad and without hope
4
7.0
Having a mouth turned down and looking unhappy
3
4.7
Feeling sad and without much hope
2
5.5
Not bright or warm and making people feel sad
1
7.8
Feeling sad or unhappy
1
9.9
A dull, cold, and depressing place or scene
1
4.1
Feeling sad and without much hope
1
8.9
Dark and full of shadows in a way that makes you feel sad or scared
1
5.1
Feeling sad and without much energy
Dark and sad in a way that makes you feel unhappy
Causing deep sadness in people or places
Feeling a little sad or down
Feeling sad while remembering good past times
Dark cloudy weather or a sad heavy mood
Very dark, almost black, in color or very sad and gloomy
Antonyms
Compounds
How Grim
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word grim comes from an old English word meaning 'fierce' or 'cruel', and it suggests a hard, unpleasant face like a grimace. So grim can describe sad, bleak, or hopeless situations.