grimmer

ADJECTIVE

hopeless, horrible in manner, appearance

Synonyms

STRONGEST

bleak cruel ghastly gloomy glum grisly gruesome harsh horrid ominous shocking somber sour stern terrible

WEAK

austere barbarous cantankerous churlish crabbed crusty dogged ferocious fierce forbidding foreboding formidable frightful funereal glowering grouchy grumpy hideous implacable inexorable intractable merciless morose relentless resolute ruthless scowling severe sinister splenetic stubborn sulky sullen surly truculent unrelenting unyielding

Antonyms

STRONGEST

bright cheerful comforting encouraging gentle good happy joyful kind light nice pleasant pleasing pretty sunny wonderful

WEAK

hopeful

Example Sentences

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Cheryl Grimmer, 3, disappeared from Fairy Meadow beach in Wollongong, south of Sydney, in January 1970.

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026

Grimmer said the project could take up to 10 years because it takes a long time for deep-sea coral to grow.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 6, 2024

A rare "southerly buster" is known to have blown through Fairy Meadow in the moments before Cheryl Grimmer vanished.

From BBC • Nov. 20, 2023

Contributors include a number of other local authors, including Cormack Baldwin, Ellis Bray, Nicola Griffith, Mika Grimmer, Nisi Shawl and Dawn Vogel, all of whom will join Carl for this event.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 9, 2023

By and by we got around to my burned hand, and Fred told me Grimmer had at least succeeded in clearing up whatever mystery there was about that.

From The Wreckers by Lynde, Francis