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grim

[grim] / grɪm /




ADJECTIVE
horrible in manner or appearance
Synonyms


Example Sentences

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A grim run was capped by a listless second-round exit at the US Open weeks later.

From BBC

They concern me more than the grim soldiers marching about with weapons or the threat of a warbling air raid siren.

From Literature

Supporters with disabilities can face particularly grim scenarios.

From BBC

Or will 2026 be another year of grim attritional war, with Moscow and Kyiv treating the U.S. mediation effort as another battlefront?

From The Wall Street Journal

The loan has since cratered in value, the cash is nearly gone, and the outlook for the business is increasingly grim.

From The Wall Street Journal