grim
grim is a 4-letter English word with 7 senses as adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Of forbidding or fear-inspiring aspect; fierce; stern; surly; cruel; frightful; horrible. Face value is 7 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- comparative. Of forbidding or fear-inspiring aspect; fierce; stern; surly; cruel; frightful; horrible.
- adjective. shockingly repellent; inspiring horror
"ghastly wounds"
"the grim aftermath of the bombing"
- adjective. causing dejection
"a blue day"
"the dark days of the war"
- adjective. filled with melancholy and despondency
"gloomy at the thought of what he had to face"
"gloomy predictions"
- adjective. not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty
"grim determination"
"grim necessity"
- adjective. harshly uninviting or formidable in manner or appearance- J.M.Barrie
"a dour, self-sacrificing life"
"a forbidding scowl"
- adjective. harshly ironic or sinister
"black humor"
"a grim joke"
Synonyms
ghastly, grisly, gruesome, macabre, sick, blue, dark, dingy, disconsolate, dismal, drab, drear, dreary, gloomy, sorry, depressed, dispirited, down, downcast, downhearted, low, inexorable, relentless, stern
Common word forms
grimed, grimes, grimly, grimful, griming, grimmer, grimmest, grimness
Words from these letters
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