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Detailed Synonyms for grimness in English

grimness:

grimness [the ~] noun

  1. the grimness
    the grimness
  2. the grimness
    the harshness; the grimness
  3. the grimness
    – something hard to endure 1
    the severity; the hardship; the grimness; the rigorousness; the asperity; the severeness; the rigour; the rigor; the rigourousness
    – something hard to endure 1
  4. the grimness
    – the quality of being ghastly 1
    the grimness; the ghastliness; the gruesomeness; the luridness
    – the quality of being ghastly 1

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Related Definitions for "grimness":

  1. something hard to endure1
  2. the quality of being ghastly1

grim:

grim adj

  1. grim
  2. grim
  3. grim
    dogged; grim
  4. grim
    – shockingly repellent; inspiring horror 1
    sick; grim; ghastly; gruesome; macabre; grisly
    – shockingly repellent; inspiring horror 1
    • sick adj
    • grim adj
      • the grim aftermath of the bombing1
      • the grim task of burying the victims1
    • ghastly adj
      • ghastly wounds1
    • gruesome adj
      • gruesome evidence of human sacrifice1
    • macabre adj
      • macabre tales of war and plague in the Middle ages1
      • macabre tortures conceived by madmen1
    • grisly adj
      • a grisly murder1
  5. grim
    – not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty 1
    relentless; stern; grim; inexorable; unrelenting; unappeasable; unforgiving
    – not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty 1
  6. grim
    – harshly uninviting or formidable in manner or appearance 1
    grim; dour; forbidding
    – harshly uninviting or formidable in manner or appearance 1
    • grim adj
      • a grim man loving duty more than humanity1
      • undoubtedly the grimmest part of him was his iron claw1
    • dour adj
      • a dour, self-sacrificing life1
    • forbidding adj
      • a forbidding scowl1
  7. grim
    – harshly ironic or sinister 1
    grim; black; mordant
    – harshly ironic or sinister 1
    • grim adj
      • a grim joke1
      • grim laughter1
    • black adj
      • black humor1
    • mordant adj
      • fun ranging from slapstick clowning ... to savage mordant wit1

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Related Definitions for "grim":

  1. shockingly repellent; inspiring horror1
    • the grim aftermath of the bombing1
    • the grim task of burying the victims1
  2. not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty1
    • grim determination1
    • grim necessity1
  3. harshly uninviting or formidable in manner or appearance1
    • a grim man loving duty more than humanity1
    • undoubtedly the grimmest part of him was his iron claw1
  4. harshly ironic or sinister1
    • a grim joke1
    • grim laughter1