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Recent Examples of grimness
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.
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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.
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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.
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Philip Sherburne,
Pitchfork,
19 May 2026
An ugly first period added to the initial grimness.
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Kalen Lumpkins,
Chicago Tribune,
16 Apr. 2026
There is some positive news amid the grimness.
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Michael Smolens,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
12 Apr. 2026
Dark, eerie, and paranoid (for good reason), the eight-episode season shifts back and forth from the casual grimness of an unwelcoming reality to the shocking frights of a stoner’s worst nightmare (the latter of which is shrewdly motivated by Rachel regularly smoking pot).
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Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
26 Mar. 2026
The shot doubles down on the grimness of the story.
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Literary Hub,
25 Mar. 2026
Any grimness is offset by Cory’s love for his canine best friends who are as carefully drawn as the humans.
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Mary Ann Grossmann,
Twin Cities,
8 Mar. 2026
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
Dark, eerie, and paranoid (for good reason), the eight-episode season shifts back and forth from the casual grimness of an unwelcoming reality to the shocking frights of a stoner’s worst nightmare (the latter of which is shrewdly motivated by Rachel regularly smoking pot).
—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
26 Mar. 2026
The shot doubles down on the grimness of the story.
—
Literary Hub,
25 Mar. 2026
Any grimness is offset by Cory’s love for his canine best friends who are as carefully drawn as the humans.
—
Mary Ann Grossmann,
Twin Cities,
8 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for grimness
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Its flint-hearted ferocity was a return to what the dynasts of the past—warlords, kings, and dictators—would find routine.
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The ferocity of the sun served as another inspiration for Lin.
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According to the Sheriff’s Office, a judge released Cruz on his own recognizance June 4 following his arraignment on felony animal cruelty charges in Sacramento Superior Court.
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At one point, the narrator, embarrassed by his own act of cruelty, gives a sobbing woman all his money and then leaves her alone in a hotel room.
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This savagery can last up to a week before the mature larvae fall to the ground.
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While our money would be on The Last Son of Krypton in a main card matchup, Lobo fights dirty with a level of primal savagery that just might put the Big Blue Boy Scout and his cousin down for a few rounds.
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The ferociousness of the defending champs can be, has been, overwhelming for most.
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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.
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For over 30 years, Judy Reyes has graced Hollywood with her fierceness.
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While the Panthers might have other, bigger needs on Day 2 of the draft, Rivers plays with a fierceness and energy that Morgan can certainly appreciate.
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Lee learned much about the systemic oppression that Black Americans faced from his first student, Jesse Glover, who had been a victim of police brutality.
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These early precedents in fictional brutality also weaken Thomson’s next point, about literature’s superiority.
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Chiarella takes time between bouts of danger to show affection and intimacy that, in defiance of teen-slasher formula, isn’t immediately penalized with sadism.
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Here, animals serve as vessels for our worst impulses, suffering at the point where curiosity turns to sadism, domination to cruelty, and self-interest to neglect.
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This is pure hatred, and condemning this kind of inhumanity shouldn’t be hard.
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Their willingness to film their inhumanity echoed the Nazis of the Third Reich, who likewise filmed their mass atrocities.
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