grim synonyms

grim

modif.

  1. Sullen

    crabbed, sour, repellent, crusty, gloomy, intractable, sulky, morose, somber, sullen, splenetic, churlish, forbidding, glum, grumpy, scowling, grouchy, dour, glowering, dogged, stubborn, cantankerous.

    Antonyms happy*, cheerful*, gay. *

  2. Stern

    austere, strict, harsh; see severe 1.

  3. Relentless

    unrelenting, implacable, inexorable; see severe 2, wicked 2.

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