grim
adjective
[ ɡrɪm ]
• very serious or gloomy.
• "his grim expression"
Similar:
stern,
forbidding,
uninviting,
unapproachable,
aloof,
distant,
formidable,
strict,
dour,
harsh,
steely,
flinty,
stony,
fierce,
ferocious,
threatening,
menacing,
mean-looking,
cross,
churlish,
crabbed,
surly,
sour,
ill-tempered,
unsmiling,
cruel,
ruthless,
merciless,
boot-faced,
• (especially of a place) unattractive or forbidding.
• "rows of grim, dark housing developments"
Similar:
bleak,
dreary,
dismal,
dingy,
wretched,
miserable,
disheartening,
depressing,
cheerless,
comfortless,
joyless,
gloomy,
sombre,
uninviting,
drab,
godawful,
Origin:
Old English, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch grim and German grimm .
