Collocation Dictionary
Common collocations with grim in American Collocation
grim
adjective
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Around 90% of spoken and written English relies on just 7,500 common words.
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What are red words?
Around 90% of spoken and written English relies on just 7,500 common words.These words are highlighted in red and are ranked using a star system.
- One-star words are commonly used
- Two-star words are even more common
- Three-star words are the most frequently used
US
/ɡrɪm/
rather
fairly
pretty
quite
rather
somewhat
This all sounds pretty grim and hopeless but it is really not.
very
particularly
really
truly
very
Life is really grim around here.
situation
conditions
scenario
situation
They both agreed that the situation is grim.
future
future
outlook
prospect
Whoever wins the election, the outlook is grim.
statement about the future
forecast
prognosis
warning
Even with antibiotics, the prognosis is fairly grim.
account
news
reading
story
tale
The list made grim reading.
fact
fact
reality
statistic
truth
In the 1930s, Americans longed to escape the grim realities of the Depression.
work
job
task
work
The grim task of removing bodies from the scenes of London’s bomb blasts has been completed.
something reminding you of a past event
reminder
We were taken to the cemetery at Thiepval, a grim reminder of the horrors of war.
look
seem
sound
Things are looking grim for the music industry as a whole.