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Sentence count:173+10Posted:2016-10-15Updated:2020-07-24
Synonym: adamantdreadfulfiercefrightfulghastlyharshhorribleinflexiblemercilessrigidroughsternstrictterribleunyieldingAntonym: gentlemeekmildquietSimilar words: grimacegringripgriefrimtrimaggrievedprimeMeaning: [grɪm]  adj. 1. not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty 2. shockingly repellent; inspiring horror 3. harshly ironic or sinister 4. causing dejection 5. harshly uninviting or formidable in manner or appearance 6. characterized by hopelessness; filled with gloom. 
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91 Their living conditions were grim, their education was minimal, and their prospects for the future were bleak.
92 He expected good behaviour and his rather grim glance in her direction did more to motivate her into action than any coaxing.
93 His voice was cultured Oxbridge, and the grim intent in that voice made Cardiff and Pearce stand obediently aside.
94 Jody is grim on the sidelines, but during a time-out, she holds herself in check.
95 Farmer Chris Slatter was spraying a crop of flax when he made the grim discovery.
96 Funerals are not just some grim social event for retired people.
97 The next grim prospect is carnage following the PE2 results.
98 So we sparred to the grim amusement and wild consternation of the ladies, the sober evaluation of the gents.
99 He looked absolutely grim, advancing, tapping the whip lightly on the ground as the horse retreated rhythmically.
100 A.. The results here sound more grim at first blush than they really are.
101 Two thousand car workers face the grim prospect of redundancy.
102 During that drive there was much discussion about the future, which looked pretty grim.
103 Standing all day on the wet clay floor under the dropping ceiling in the faint light cast by tallow candles was grim.
104 The implications for morale, a crucial component in the grim chemistry of war, are obvious.
105 Her influence on the girl was soon considerable and Constance looked forward to her visits to the grim and rambling Gothic building.
106 Mr Portillo has constantly stressed the grim state of the government's balance sheet.
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107 Workers were given the grim news by union officials at a mass meeting.
108 The outlook for the United Nations would be grim in that changed atmosphere.
109 In the first car, behind drawn blinds, sat the grim figure of Mark Watterson.
110 Vologsky increased his pace, momentarily, gaining a few feet so that he could look back at Kirov's grim face.
111 The spy-fly zipped along in her wake, down narrower, abandoned, grim alleys.
112 I brought grim news, and I delivered it with a certain mournful pleasure.
113 Initially the engine refused to start for my grim, preoccupied father.
114 Now, his mouth clamped into the grim line she was familiar with.
115 They always watched him, but never with such grim faces.
116 But it is neither an elegy of the novel nor a grim prediction of its imminent demise.
117 The next few weeks brought more grim news, as the economic crisis began to deepen.
118 Next morning the din from the dustbin lids had hardly subsided when the grim realization drove into my brain.
119 In fact he found Patrick's grim determination not to be charmed rather amusing.
120 He was a grim man, consumed with a sense of mission and possessed of an enormous amount of energy.
More similar words: grimacegringripgriefrimtrimaggrievedprimeshrimpagricultureprimaryinterimagriculturalagribusinessacrimonyexperimentprimarilyexperimentalrecriminationdiscrimination
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