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Grim

Of forbidding or fear-inspiring aspect; fierce; stern; surly; cruel; frightful; horrible.

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Alarming 84% connected

of Alarm

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Alarming 84% connected

of Alarm

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Cheerless 84% connected

Without joy, gladness, or comfort.

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Cheerless 84% connected

Without joy, gladness, or comfort.

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Dejected 84% connected

of Deject

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Dejected 84% connected

of Deject

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Depressing 84% connected

of Depress

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Depressing 84% connected

of Depress

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Implacable 84% connected

Not placable; not to be appeased; incapable of being pacified; inexorable; as, an implacable prince.

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Implacable 84% connected

Not placable; not to be appeased; incapable of being pacified; inexorable; as, an implacable prince.

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Sarcastic 84% connected

Alt. of Sarcastical

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Sarcastic 84% connected

Alt. of Sarcastical

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Unpleasant 84% connected

Not pleasant; not amiable or agreeable; displeasing; offensive.

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Unpleasant 84% connected

Not pleasant; not amiable or agreeable; displeasing; offensive.

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Grimness 74% connected

Fierceness of look; sternness; crabbedness; forbiddingness.

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Grimness 74% connected

Fierceness of look; sternness; crabbedness; forbiddingness.

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Synonym 29

Black 92% connected

Destitute of light, or incapable of reflecting it; of the color of soot or coal; of the darkest or a very dark color, the opposite of white; characte…

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Blue 92% connected

Having the color of the clear sky, or a hue resembling it, whether lighter or darker; as, the deep, blue sea; as blue as a sapphire; blue violets.

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Dark 92% connected

Destitute, or partially destitute, of light; not receiving, reflecting, or radiating light; wholly or partially black, or of some deep shade of color…

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Depressed 92% connected

of Depress

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Dingy 92% connected

Alt. of Dinghy

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Disconsolate 92% connected

Disconsolateness.

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Dismal 92% connected

Fatal; ill-omened; unlucky.

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Dispirited 92% connected

of Dispirit

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Dour 92% connected

Hard; inflexible; obstinate; sour in aspect; hardy; bold.

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Down 92% connected

Fine, soft, hairy outgrowth from the skin or surface of animals or plants, not matted and fleecy like wool

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Downcast 92% connected

Cast downward; directed to the ground, from bashfulness, modesty, dejection, or guilt.

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Downhearted 92% connected

Dejected; low-spirited.

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Drab 92% connected

A low, sluttish woman.

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Drear 92% connected

Dismal; gloomy with solitude.

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Dreary 92% connected

Sorrowful; distressful.

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Forbidding 92% connected

of Forbid

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Ghastly 92% connected

Like a ghost in appearance; deathlike; pale; pallid; dismal.

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Gloomy 92% connected

Imperfectly illuminated; dismal through obscurity or darkness; dusky; dim; clouded; as, the cavern was gloomy.

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Grisly 92% connected

Frightful; horrible; dreadful; harsh; as, grisly locks; a grisly specter.

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Gruesome 92% connected

Ugly; frightful.

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Inexorable 92% connected

Not to be persuaded or moved by entreaty or prayer; firm; determined; unyielding; unchangeable; inflexible; relentless; as, an inexorable prince or t…

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Low 92% connected

strong imp. of Laugh.

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Low-spirited 92% connected

Deficient in animation and courage; dejected; depressed; not sprightly.

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Mordant 92% connected

Biting; caustic; sarcastic; keen; severe.

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Relentless 92% connected

Unmoved by appeals for sympathy or forgiveness; insensible to the distresses of others; destitute of tenderness; unrelenting; unyielding; unpitying;…

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Sick 92% connected

Affected with disease of any kind; ill; indisposed; not in health. See the Synonym under Illness.

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Sorry 92% connected

Grieved for the loss of some good; pained for some evil; feeling regret; -- now generally used to express light grief or affliction, but formerly oft…

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Stern 92% connected

The black tern.

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Unrelenting 92% connected

Not relenting; unyielding; rigid; hard; stern; cruel.

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