grim vs relentless

grim

adj
  • Rigid and unrelenting. 

  • Ghastly or sinister. 

  • Disgusting; gross. 

  • Dismal and gloomy, cold and forbidding. 

verb
  • To make grim; to give a stern or forbidding aspect to. 

relentless

adj
  • Unremitting, steady and persistent. 

  • Unrelenting or unyielding in severity. 

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