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grim
adjective as in hopeless, bleak
adjective as in stern, forbidding in appearance
adjective as in unrelenting
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Example Sentences
But it is the reported conditions in detention which make the grimmest reading in the committee's conclusions, published today.
Around a 15-minute drive from the Prince of Wales Hospital, a grim scene played out as those who had lost family members went to a public mortuary to identify the bodies.
The show "seesaws between thrilling and annoying", according to USA Today's Kelly Lawler, while the Atlantic's Sophie Gilbert described most of it as "largely joyless and grim".
This is a modest concession to the oil and gas sector which has been lobbying hard ahead of the Budget, arguing it faces a grim future under the current regulation.
For his part, Ukraine's President, Volodymyr Zelensky, who had looked and sounded grim over the weekend, said there were now "many prospects that can make the path to peace real".
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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