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adjective
- 1. having a very serious or gloomy expression: "grim-faced security personnel"
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grim-faced. adjective. These are words and phrases related to grim-faced. Click on any word or phrase to go to its thesaurus page. FUNEREAL. Synonyms. weepy. woebegone. lachrymose. lugubrious. cheerless. long-faced. grim. funereal. sad. mournful. gloomy. dismal. doleful. woeful. grieving. solemn. dirgeful. somber. dreary. depressing. desolate.
adjective. A situation or piece of information that is grim is unpleasant, depressing, and difficult to accept. [...] grimness uncountable noun. See full entry for 'grim' Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers. COBUILD Collocations. grim face. face a hurdle. face a lawsuit.
worried and serious or sad: Her face was grim as she told them the bad news. grim determination The expression on his face was one of grim determination. Later Mr Ashby left the court, grim-faced and silent. Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.
Find 41 different ways to say GRIM-FACED, along with antonyms, related words, and example sentences at Thesaurus.com.
worried and serious or sad: Her face was grim as she told them the bad news. grim determination The expression on his face was one of grim determination. Later Mr. Ashby left the court, grim-faced and silent. Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.
The meaning of GRIM is fierce in disposition or action : savage. How to use grim in a sentence.
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English grim-faced/serious-faced etc showing a particular expression on your face Negotiators emerged grim-faced after the day’s talks. → barefaced, po-faced, poker-faced, stony-faced → face.
Synonyms for GRIM-FACED in English: grave, solemn, sober, gloomy, dull, thoughtful, subdued, sombre, dour, long-faced, ….
Synonyms for GRIM-FACED: grave, solemn, sober, gloomy, dull, thoughtful, subdued, sombre, dour, long-faced, …
• She looked grim and upset, standing silently in the corner. • the grim details of the war • a grim economic situation • A grim-faced diplomat read out the declaration of war. • a grim-faced policeman • Things look pretty grim for farmers at the moment.
