grim Antonyms
Strongest:
- cheerful
- cheerful
- meek
- tender
- quiet
- benignant
- mild
- quiet
- soft
- mild
- mellow
- easy
- meek
- benign
- soothing
- bland
- gentle
- tender
- pleasant
- soft
- mellow
- soothing
- easy
- benign
- pleasant
- gentle
- bland
- benignant
Strong:
- glad
- agreeable
- mirthful
- merry
- bright
- lighthearted
- inviting
- mirthful
- pleasing
- lighthearted
- sunny
- sweet
- glad
- happy
- tranquil
- nonintimidating
- inviting
- silly
- sweet
- agreeable
- happy
- silly
- pleasing
- tranquil
- nonintimidating
- bright
- merry
- sunny
Weak:
Strongest:
Strong:
Weak:
- unsympathetic
- obstinate
- steadfast
- firm
- determined
- sombre
- moody
- bound
- morose
- unflinching
- humorless
- weighty
- fixed
- resolved
- sober
- unrelenting
- set
- black
- inflexible
- joyless
- brooding
- melancholy
- unyielding
- hardheaded
- serious
- unbending
- staid
- sullen
- immutable
- unsmiling
- implacable
- rigid
- wilful
- willful
- sulky
- unfriendly
- grave
- inhospitable
- stiff
- gloomy
- cheerless
- obdurate
- surly
- mulish
- intent
- immovable
- uncompromising
- melancholic
- resolute
- hard
- adamant
- glum
- unchangeable
- purposeful
- inimical
Meaning of grim
grim (s)
not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty
shockingly repellent; inspiring horror
harshly ironic or sinister
harshly uninviting or formidable in manner or appearance
filled with melancholy and despondency
causing dejection
grim (Compar.)
Of forbidding or fear-inspiring aspect; fierce; stern; surly; cruel; frightful; horrible.
grim Sentence Examples
- The grim reaper's shadow hung over the battlefield, promising an untimely demise.
- The sky was a grim canvas, painted with shades of gray and black, foreshadowing a storm.
- The faces of the villagers were grim, etched with the knowledge of a tragedy that had befallen them.
- The grim reality of war was etched into the shattered streets and broken bodies.
- The grim truth dawned upon him when he realized the futility of his efforts.
- The aftermath of the earthquake left a grim landscape of rubble and despair.
- The grim castle towered over the village, a symbol of the oppression and misery that gripped its inhabitants.
- The grim news spread through the town like wildfire, casting a pall of sadness over its people.
- The grim silence that hung in the air was more deafening than any thunder.
- The grim specter of poverty haunted the streets, casting a shadow on the lives of those who lived there.
FAQs About the word grim
not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty, shockingly repellent; inspiring horror, harshly ironic or sinister, harshly uninviting or formidable in man
fierce, hostile, severe, stern,gruff, bleak, forbidding, rugged, intimidating, stark
cheerful, cheerful, meek, tender, quiet, benignant,mild, quiet, soft, mild
The grim reaper's shadow hung over the battlefield, promising an untimely demise.
The sky was a grim canvas, painted with shades of gray and black, foreshadowing a storm.
The faces of the villagers were grim, etched with the knowledge of a tragedy that had befallen them.
The grim reality of war was etched into the shattered streets and broken bodies.
