GRIMNESS Synonyms: 63 Similar and Opposite Words

grimness

noun

Definition of grimness

as in ferocity

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Recent Examples of grimness The one bit of apocalyptic grimness that does come through is the color scheme. — Justin Davidson, Vulture, 23 Sep. 2026 The most tonally bizarre Apes movie ruminates on that question with a mixture of money-saving light comedy and mic-drop grimness. — Jesse Hassenger, Entertainment Weekly, 2 Sep. 2026 Once the story gathers everyone into the house and lets the mayhem start in earnest, an overall feeling of Gothic grimness and rotting-corpse griminess takes hold. — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 10 July 2026 The show has too many blandly interchangeable characters, too much grimness, too much repetition (and not just of Targaryen first names) and too much thumb-twiddling. — Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 21 June 2026 The frenetic energy serves to propel the watcher to each new twist and reveal, eschewing a grimness that would otherwise bring down the mood. — Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 24 May 2026 Despite the grimness of the scene, the tone of the song is peppy and disorientingly pretty, with a shivery Dorian twist in its churning melody. — Philip Sherburne, Pitchfork, 19 May 2026 An ugly first period added to the initial grimness. — Kalen Lumpkins, Chicago Tribune, 16 Apr. 2026 There is some positive news amid the grimness. — Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Apr. 2026

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Noun

The Chicago native — who in recent years has faced backlash over his antisemitic remarks — removed his mask and continued to perform with seemingly more ferocity than his own recent headlining concerts.

— Michael Saponara, Billboard, 28 Sep. 2026
His memories of it are shaped by the ferocity of the terraces.

— Beren Cross, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of ferocity

Noun

Ted Gualtier, owner of Happy Tail Happy Dog, LLC, has been charged by Denver authorities with one count of cruelty to animals.

— Brian Maass, CBS News, 7 Oct. 2026
Many abolitionists and Quakers – who fought to ban slavery – initially supported the colonization society’s removal efforts as a means for helping Black residents escape the cruelty of American laws, especially the Fugitive Slave Acts.

— Karen Masterson, The Conversation, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of cruelty

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As attendees, including Ariana DeBose and Patricia Clarkson, tucked into sweet Forelle pears and a main course of Branzino, the atmosphere was decidedly more serene than the savagery witnessed earlier on stage.

— Christopher Barnard, Vogue, 23 Sep. 2026
Others are inclined to rank evils according to the amount of savagery evident in the perpetrator, not to the damage inflicted on the world.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of savagery

Noun

The ferociousness of the defending champs can be, has been, overwhelming for most.

— Marcus Thompson II, New York Times, 19 May 2026
Here, sea level rise is accelerating at some of the most extreme rates on Earth, while hurricanes increasingly are swirling ashore with an unprecedented ferociousness.

— Amy Green, Miami Herald, 9 Jan. 2026

Definition of ferociousness

Noun

Curled up in a chair on the top floor of The Times’ offices in El Segundo, looking down on the runways of LAX boiling in the late July sun, Williams gives runway fierceness against the beige office walls.

— Maureen Lee Lenker, Los Angeles Times, 10 Aug. 2026
The actress cranked the fierceness all the way up while appearing on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on July 30.

— Christina Perrier, InStyle, 31 July 2026

Definition of fierceness

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The case got widespread attention because of the brutality of the killing, the ages of the people involved and because a satanic symbol was carved into the victim’s body.

— ABC News, ABC News, 28 Sep. 2026
That reporting revealed that the state frequently seizes money from legal settlements stemming from medical malpractice, police brutality, workplace injury and other wrongful death lawsuits.

— Ginny Monk, Hartford Courant, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of brutality

Noun

School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play, might well come closest in approach to Kimberly Belflower’s urgent John Proctor Is The Villain in its insistence that homeroom sadism doesn’t just spring from hormones or reindeer game competition.

— Greg Evans, Deadline, 28 Sep. 2026
Lagioia’s book goes into disturbing detail about what came next; suffice it to say that Luca’s murder tested the bounds of sadism.

— Jay Weissberg, Variety, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of sadism

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