Scrabble & Words with friends points
- grim is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 7
- grim is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 7
- grim is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 9
Definition of grim
- harshly uninviting or formidable in manner or appearance (adjective)
Examples
- a grim man loving duty more than humanity
- undoubtedly the grimmest part of him was his iron claw
Synonyms
- dour
- forbidding
- causing dejection (adjective)
Examples
- grim rainy weather
Synonyms
- blue
- dark
- dingy
- disconsolate
- dismal
- drab
- drear
- dreary
- gloomy
- sorry
- not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty (adjective)
Examples
- grim determination
- grim necessity
Synonyms
- inexorable
- relentless
- stern
- unappeasable
- unforgiving
- unrelenting
- shockingly repellent; inspiring horror (adjective)
Examples
- the grim aftermath of the bombing
- the grim task of burying the victims
Synonyms
- ghastly
- grisly
- gruesome
- macabre
- sick
- filled with melancholy and despondency (adjective)
Examples
- took a grim view of the economy
Synonyms
- blue
- depressed
- dispirited
- down
- down in the mouth
- downcast
- downhearted
- gloomy
- low
- low-spirited
- harshly ironic or sinister (adjective)
Examples
- a grim joke
- grim laughter
Synonyms
- black
- mordant
See definition of grim in Merriam Webster