Synonym: adamant, dreadful, fierce, frightful, ghastly, harsh, horrible, inflexible, merciless, rigid, rough, stern, strict, terrible, unyielding. Antonym: gentle, meek, mild, quiet. Similar words: grimace, grin, grip, grief, rim, trim, aggrieved, prime. Meaning: [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.
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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61 A grim expression furrowed his brow.
62 He looked over at Renwick's grim face, fell silent.
63 Cobalt had resumed his grim expression.
64 Yet its simplicity dramatizes a grim reality.
65 Many seemed resigned to defeat as two huge television screens flashed the grim news from East Coast precincts.
66 Her mouth set in a grim line, she went to the kitchen door.
67 No words, no threats, no waste of energy, just a grim determination to do or die.
68 There's also a cheese and bread counter, and a section doling out grim cold cuts.
69 In his next film, Leap of Faith, a grim drama, he will play the villain, a conman evangelist.
70 But yesterday's grim news was not unexpected and Marley's shares slipped just 2p to 108p.
71 The end might now be in sight, but the Eiger had exacted a grim toll for the right of passage.
72 In that case, he told me with a grim expression, there was something he had to warn me about.
73 The situation is grim for the innocent people, caught up in this conflict.
74 A lively tour of continental culture, seeking for signs of unity and predicting a grim future.
75 The second entrance hall is bigger with more marble, a grim but opulent place.
76 Claudia thought of resisting,[sentence dictionary] but one look at his grim expression told her it would be useless.
77 Neville's smile broadened slightly, but a grim thought took off its edges.
78 Several that I saw were very old, bearded, emaciated and grim and deathlike, instead of babies, grown men.
79 Their steep decline has given grim satisfaction to their legions of detractors.
80 Repeated commissions and zemstvo investigations drew a grim picture of peasant destitution and growing frustration.
81 Until its grim conclusion, the demonstration had shown El Salvador's more encouraging side.
82 Her grim smile was triumphant when she turned back to the open freight car.
83 One confirmed that the Wrath eagles had been exterminated and that eagles of grim Caithness had infiltrated westward.
84 It was their grim determination that got them to the top of Mount Everest.
85 My poor creature, you see, is not like all the other grim shades who have preceded him.
86 But when Mellor left 10 Downing Street, his grim expression showed his Cabinet career was over.
87 She looked grim and upset, standing silently in the corner.
88 Rescue workers are continuing the grim task of searching for bodies.
89 The Bears had better start grabbing on to something, anything, as the outlook on the season suddenly turned very grim.
90 Would she scream insults, or perhaps cling on to him for grim death and beg for another chance?
More similar words: grimace, grin, grip, grief, rim, trim, aggrieved, prime, shrimp, agriculture, primary, interim, agricultural, agribusiness, acrimony, experiment, primarily, experimental, recrimination, discrimination.