Another word for grim

Aloof, boot-faced, and atrocious are another word for grim. Amiable and pleasant are the opposites of grim. On this page, find 59 synonyms for grim, parts of speech, and examples of grim sentences.

Grim synonyms

Grim means serious, somber, and uninviting, often associated with harsh or forbidding situations that evoke a sense of dread or despair.

  • Aloof
  • Appalling
  • Atrocious
  • Awful
  • Boot-faced
  • Churlish
  • Concerning
  • Crabbed
  • Cross
  • Cruel
  • Depressing
  • Dire
  • Disgusting
  • Distant
  • Distressing
  • Dour
  • Dreadful
  • Ferocious
  • Fierce
  • Flinty
  • Forbidding
  • Formidable
  • Frightful
  • Ghastly
  • Gory
  • Grisly
  • Gruesome
  • Harrowing
  • Harsh
  • Hideous
  • Horrendous
  • Horrible
  • Horrid
  • Ill-tempered
  • Macabre
  • Mean-looking
  • Menacing
  • Merciless
  • Morbid
  • Revolting
  • Ruthless
  • Shocking
  • Sour
  • Steely
  • Stern
  • Stony
  • Strict
  • Surly
  • Terrible
  • Threatening
  • Unapproachable
  • Uninviting
  • Unpleasant
  • Unsmiling
  • Unspeakable
  • Upsetting
  • Worrying
  • Disagreeable

Grim sentences

  • The news was grim and shocking.
  • His expression turned grim and serious.
  • The situation looks grim and hopeless.
  • She faced a grim future alone.
  • The grim reality finally set in.

Grim parts of speech

Adjective