Grim synonyms
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Part of speech:
Difficult to mold or manipulate:
The definition of sour is something with an acidic taste, or someone who is resentful or angry.
Causing distaste, dislike, or aversion; repulsive
Having, resembling, or being a crust:
Gloomy; dismal; sullen
Mentally depressed or depressing; melancholy
Sullen means being withdrawn and appearing sad.
Affected or marked by ill humor or irritability.
Looking dangerous, threatening, or disagreeable; repellent
Surly and peevish; cranky.
scowling
Sullen
Expressing gloom or melancholy; sullenly unhappy.
Sullen
Stubbornly persevering; tenacious:
The definition of stubborn is being determined not to obey or yield.
Difficult to handle:
Tense; not relaxed.
Unpleasant, uncomfortable, or hostile to survival:
Not diminishing in intensity, pace, or effort:
Impossible to placate or appease:
The definition of inexorable is a stubborn or inflexible person or a situation that cannot be changed.
happy (antonym)
Cheerful; willing:
cheerful (antonym)
Willing; ready
gay (antonym)
The definition of gay is someone or something bright or happy.
wicked (related)
Morally bad or wrong; acting or done with evil intent; depraved
Too hard to be broken
(Chiefly New England & Midland US) Inflamed and painful:
Not cheerful; gloomy; dreary
Like a brute; cruel and unfeeling; savage, violent, ruthless, etc.
The definition of dire is something so bad or scary that it causes distress or terror.
The definition of dismal is something that is gloomy that makes you feel sad.
The definition of dreadful is terrible, shocking or very disturbing.
Extremely powerful or destructive:
Firmly in position; stationary:
The definition of furious is full of anger or rage.
Marked by hopelessness; very pessimistic:
The definition of gruesome is something unpleasant or causing horror.
Repulsive, especially to the sight; revolting.
Allowing no hope; causing despair
Very unpleasant; disagreeable.
Highly offensive; sickening, abominable
Having little or no vital force left
Not changing in response to argument or other influence; obstinate or intractable:
Of or serving as an omen; esp., having the character of an evil omen; threatening; sinister
Of or relating to the dwarf planet Pluto.
Of deep igneous or magmatic origin:
Unyielding in severity or strictness; unrelenting:
Causing strong dislike or aversion; disgusting; offensive
Not moving or flexing:
Without pity or compassion; cruel, pitiless.
The definition of sinister is a person or thing that threatens harm or misfortune.
Hard, harsh, or severe in manner or character:
Not willing to change or be persuaded; resolute:
Death or extinction:
long-faced
Displaying sadness.
hopeful (antonym)
The definition of hopeful is feeling or giving a positive or optimistic attitude about some event or about the future.
sunny (antonym)
The definition of sunny is something that is bright, shining like the sun, or cheerful.
joyful (antonym)
The definition of joyful is expressing delight or happiness.
Made of adamant, or having the qualities of adamant; incapable of being broken, dissolved, or penetrated; as, adamantine bonds or chains.
Inflexible; rigid:
Stubbornly resistant to change or unwaveringly loyal even in spite of inevitable defeat, failure, etc.
Not compliant; not yielding; not pliant
Firm in mind or purpose; stubborn; unyielding; unshakable
Unwilling to compromise or moderate a position; unreasonable; irreconcilable; stubborn.
The definition of iron is something that is strong and enduring.
Having no pity or compassion; merciless.
Not bendable
Aloof; austere
(Archaic) incompliant
Difficult to endure; causing hardship or suffering:
Complete or utter; extreme:
(Botany) Having a brown colour tinged with red, as of flame seen through smoke.
stubborn as a mule (or ox)
resist (related)
Firmly, often unreasonably immovable in purpose or will
attitude (related)
Cold and forbidding
hot (related)
Unusually lucky:
Unable to produce a profitable yield of crops:
(Entertainment, informal) Pornographic or profane.
Of a dull grayish to yellowish brown.
The definition of depressed is someone in a sad or unhappy state, or something that has been pushed down.
Without energy, gusto or drive, enervated, without the will to accomplish, disheartened.
Reduced; diminished:
(Of eyes) Looking downwards.
(Idiomatic) Sad or discouraged, especially as indicated by one's facial appearance.
Ranked near the beginning of an ascending series or scale:
Not forgiving
The definition of black is covered in darkness or having no light.
Bitingly painful.
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