Definition of grim

Scrabble & Words with friends points

• grim is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 7
• grim is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 7
• grim is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 9

Definition of grim

• harshly uninviting or formidable in manner or appearance (adjective)

  Examples

  1. a grim man loving duty more than humanity
  2. undoubtedly the grimmest part of him was his iron claw

  Synonyms

  1. dour
  2. forbidding
• causing dejection (adjective)

  Examples

  1. grim rainy weather

  Synonyms

  1. blue
  2. dark
  3. dingy
  4. disconsolate
  5. dismal
  6. drab
  7. drear
  8. dreary
  9. gloomy
  10. sorry
• not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty (adjective)

  Examples

  1. grim determination
  2. grim necessity

  Synonyms

  1. inexorable
  2. relentless
  3. stern
  4. unappeasable
  5. unforgiving
  6. unrelenting
• shockingly repellent; inspiring horror (adjective)

  Examples

  1. the grim aftermath of the bombing
  2. the grim task of burying the victims

  Synonyms

  1. ghastly
  2. grisly
  3. gruesome
  4. macabre
  5. sick
• filled with melancholy and despondency (adjective)

  Examples

  1. took a grim view of the economy

  Synonyms

  1. blue
  2. depressed
  3. dispirited
  4. down
  5. down in the mouth
  6. downcast
  7. downhearted
  8. gloomy
  9. low
  10. low-spirited
• harshly ironic or sinister (adjective)

  Examples

  1. a grim joke
  2. grim laughter

  Synonyms

  1. black
  2. mordant

See definition of grim in Merriam Webster