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grimmest

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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When asked about the economy in surveys, people are reporting one of the grimmest economic moods on record.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026

But it is the reported conditions in detention which make the grimmest reading in the committee's conclusions, published today.

From BBC • Nov. 28, 2025

Behind the scenes, his producers eagerly exploited the grimmest episodes of vulnerable people’s lives, never disabusing them of the false assumption that appearing on “Springer” would somehow help them.

From Salon • Jan. 7, 2025

It could be argued that the grimmest portrayals of nuclear war — the opposite of what “Fallout” does — don’t serve anyone better than downplaying the risks and the aftermath of apocalypse.

From Los Angeles Times • May 9, 2024

The grimmest examples of germs’ role in history come from the European conquest of the Americas that began with Columbus’s voyage of 1492.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond