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grim
adjective
shockingly repellent; inspiring horror
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adjective
shockingly repellent; inspiring horror
“ghastly wounds”
adjective
causing dejection
“a blue day”
adjective
filled with melancholy and despondency
“gloomy at the thought of what he had to face”
adjective
not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty
“grim determination”
adjective
harshly uninviting or formidable in manner or appearance
“a dour, self-sacrificing life”
adjective
harshly ironic or sinister
“black humor”
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ghastly wounds
the grim aftermath of the bombing
the grim task of burying the victims
a grisly murder
gruesome evidence of human sacrifice
a blue day
the dark days of the war
a week of rainy depressing weather
a disconsolate winter landscape
the first dismal dispiriting days of November
gloomy at the thought of what he had to face
gloomy predictions
a gloomy silence
took a grim view of the economy
the darkening mood
grim determination
grim necessity
Russia's final hour, it seemed, approached with inexorable certainty
relentless persecution
the stern demands of parenthood
a dour, self-sacrificing life
a forbidding scowl
a grim man loving duty more than humanity
{'source': 'J.M.Barrie', 'text': 'undoubtedly the grimmest part of him was his iron claw'}
black humor
a grim joke
grim laughter
fun ranging from slapstick clowning … to savage mordant wit
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