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Synonyms & Antonyms of grim
- a grim and desolate landscape
- a grim and short-tempered shopkeeper who didn't exactly invite friendly conversation
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- fixed,
- hard,
- hardened,
- hardheaded,
- immovable,
- implacable,
- inflexible,
- ironhanded,
- mulish,
- obdurate,
- obstinate,
- rigid,
- self-willed,
- set,
- stiff,
- stubborn,
- unbending,
- uncompromising,
- unrelenting,
- unyielding,
- willful
- (or wilful)
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- this winter is supposed to be particularly grim, so stock up on firewood
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- with grim determination, the woman worked three jobs to put her fatherless children through college
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- grim warriors heading into battle
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The first known use of grim was before the 12th century
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