Answer:

GRIM

AnswerCrossword Clue
GRIMLike the 'Reaper'
GRIMSinister
GRIMNot at all rosy
GRIMLong-faced
GRIMReally dark
GRIMMorbid
GRIMNot looking rosy
GRIMBleak in outlook
GRIMSomber
GRIMDismal
GRIMLike film noir
GRIMLike film-noir plots
GRIMFar from cheerful
GRIMHarsh
GRIMBleak
GRIMForbidding
GRIMDreadful
GRIMHardly hopeful
GRIMLike the Reaper
GRIMDepressing
GRIMGloomy
GRIMLooking down
GRIMThe ... Reaper
GRIMHardly cheerful
GRIMHardly rosy
GRIMStern
GRIMLike a certain reaper
GRIMUnsmiling
GRIMUnpromisingly dark
GRIMUninviting
GRIMSevere; stern
GRIMTough
GRIMVery serious
GRIMGhastly
GRIMNot at all pleasant
GRIMUnyielding
GRIMCheerless
GRIMFilled with gloom
GRIMFrightful
GRIMNot optimistic