Synonyms for grim

Found 12 synonyms

gloomy (adjective)

Synonyms:

somber, sombre, glum, gaunt, murky, shadowy, mournful, lugubrious, dystopian, saturnine, dingy, drear.

dark (noun)

Synonyms:

dismal, dreary.

dour (adjective)

Synonyms:

sullen, morose, gruff.

cruel (adjective)

Synonyms:

harsh, brutal, austere, severe.

gruesome (adjective)

Synonyms:

grisly.

ghastly (adjective)

Synonyms:

terrible, dire.

macabre (adjective)

Synonyms:

sinister, ominous, eerie, lurid, portentous.

stark (noun)

Synonyms:

stern, heavy.

fierce (adjective)

Synonyms:

ferocious.

relentless (adjective)

Synonyms:

inexorable, implacable, unrelenting.

merciless (adjective)

Synonyms:

ruthless, unforgiving.

forbidding (participle)

More grim synonyms

baleful, brooding, depressing, gloom, scowl, Moody, darkly, glumly, gloomily, grimly, somberly, morosely, sullenly, moodily, sulkily, sourly, menacing, severely, sternly, pessimistic, harshly, rather gloomy, deadly,