Synonyms for grimness
Most common
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Severity
severity, hardship, rigor US, rigour UK, asperity formal, rigorousness, rigourousness, severeness, harshness, hardness, stiffness, inclemency
2. Gruesomeness
Definitions
- n. 1
The characteristic or quality of being grim.
Forms
- Plural
- grimnesses → severities, hardships, rigors, asperities…
Example sentences
- severity The doctor explained the severity of Antonio’s case.
- hardship They had to endure great hardship during the war.
- rigor We learn to die with a constant rigor throughout a lifetime.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| grimness | rising | |
| severity | rising | |
| hardship | falling | |
| rigor | rising | |
| rigorousness | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 5 letters
- rigor2
- 6 letters
- rigour
- 8 letters
- severity4, hardship2, hardness2, asperity4
- 9 letters
- stiffness2, harshness2, luridness
- 10 letters
- severeness, inclemency
- 11 letters
- ghastliness3
- 12 letters
- gruesomeness, rigorousness
- 13 letters
- rigourousness
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (rigor2 = 2 syllables).