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grim

adjective as in hopeless, bleak

adjective as in stern, forbidding in appearance

adjective as in horrible in manner or appearance

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The young singer has yet to publicly comment on the case or the grim discovery in his car.

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Surveying the damaged pumping equipment and a grim lake of sewage at the Sheikh Radwan wastewater plant, Fletcher said the task ahead for the UN and aid agencies was a "massive, massive job".

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Second, his father’s expression changes “from confusion to suspicion to grim resignation” as he realized the fight was over.

Conditions in parts of Russia were so grim that the communist leader worried his own military might turn against him.

Ten hours later, the officer called back with an even grimmer update: Hamas had just released a public statement, saying that Bipin’s remains would soon be delivered to Israel.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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