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grimmer

ADJECTIVE

hopeless, horrible in manner, appearance

Synonyms

STRONGEST

bleak cruel ghastly gloomy glum grisly gruesome harsh horrid ominous shocking somber sour stern terrible

WEAK

austere barbarous cantankerous churlish crabbed crusty dogged ferocious fierce forbidding foreboding formidable frightful funereal glowering grouchy grumpy hideous implacable inexorable intractable merciless morose relentless resolute ruthless scowling severe sinister splenetic stubborn sulky sullen surly truculent unrelenting unyielding

Antonyms

STRONGEST

bright cheerful comforting encouraging gentle good happy joyful kind light nice pleasant pleasing pretty sunny wonderful

WEAK

hopeful

Example Sentences

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That’s a turnaround from their much grimmer forecasts last fall.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 20, 2026

She’s hardly in a position to do much more than accept what’s going on as a grimmer version of her own dead-end predicament.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 6, 2026

Flashbacks were shot with Fuji film stock, which produced bright, vivid pastels, and the present was captured with cold, blue Kodak film, made grimmer by desaturating the codec.

From Salon • Mar. 23, 2025

Other, grimmer recent headlines help to explain why.

From Slate • Jun. 17, 2024

Even if it had been found, the story of its recovery would have vanished, drowned out by grimmer realities.

From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day