Grim
Traumatic
Traumatic adjective - Psychologically painful;"few experiences are more traumatic than losing a child";.
Grim and traumatic are semantically related in scary topic. Sometimes you can use "Grim" instead an adjective "Traumatic", if it concerns topics such as frightening.
Nearby Words: trauma, traumatize
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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The sixth novel is just as grim as the rest of them, but the movies give you a breather before a soul-shatteringly traumatic finale.
Source: Light Novel / Kara no Kyoukai -
It is from this early traumatic experience onward that he develops a grim and bitter personality.
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Traumatic and Grim. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/grim/traumatic
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Traumatic or Grim. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/grim/traumatic.
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