Grim meaning

What does “grim” mean? Definitions, examples, synonyms and opposites.

“grim” is an adjective with 6 meanings. Its most common meaning is: not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty.

grim

not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty
“grim determination”
“grim necessity”
Synonymsinexorable relentless stern unappeasable unforgiving unrelenting
shockingly repellent; inspiring horror
“ghastly wounds”
“the grim aftermath of the bombing”
Synonymsghastly grisly gruesome macabre sick
harshly ironic or sinister
“black humor”
“a grim joke”
Synonymsblack mordant
harshly uninviting or formidable in manner or appearance
“a dour, self-sacrificing life”
“a forbidding scowl”
Synonymsdour forbidding
filled with melancholy and despondency
“gloomy at the thought of what he had to face”
“gloomy predictions”
Synonymsgloomy blue depressed dispirited down downcast downhearted down in the mouth
causing dejection
“a blue day”
“the dark days of the war”
Synonymsblue dark dingy disconsolate dismal gloomy sorry drab

Source: WordNet 3.1, Princeton University