definition of
grim

[1] #1 grim s. [ghastly, grisly, gruesome, macabre, sick] shockingly repellent; inspiring horror; "ghastly wounds"; "the grim aftermath of the bombing"; "the grim task of burying the victims"; "a grisly murder"; "gruesome evidence of human sacrifice"; "macabre tales of war and plague in the Middle ages"; "macabr. wn

[2] #2 grim s. [black, mordant] harshly ironic or sinister; "black humor"; "a grim joke"; "grim laughter"; "fun ranging from slapstick clowning ... to savage mordant wit". wn

[3] #3 grim s. [gloomy, blue, depressed, dispirited, down, downcast, downhearted, down in the mouth, low, low-spirited] filled with melancholy and despondency ; "gloomy at the thought of what he had to face"; "gloomy predictions"; "a gloomy silence"; "took a grim view of the economy"; "the darkening mood"; "lonely and blue in a strange city"; "depressed by the loss of his. wn

[4] #4 grim s. [blue, dark, dingy, disconsolate, dismal, gloomy, sorry, drab, drear, dreary] causing dejection; "a blue day"; "the dark days of the war"; "a week of rainy depressing weather"; "a disconsolate winter landscape"; "the first dismal dispiriting days of November"; "a dark gloomy day"; "grim rainy weather". wn