grim
[ grim ]
/ grɪm /
adjective, grim·mer, grim·mest.
stern and admitting of no appeasement or compromise: grim determination; grim necessity.
of a sinister or ghastly character; repellent: a grim joke.
having a harsh, surly, forbidding, or morbid air: a grim man but a just one; a grim countenance.
fierce, savage, or cruel: War is a grim business.
Origin of grim
before 900; Middle English, Old English; cognate with Old Saxon, Old High German
grimm, Old Norse
grimmr
SYNONYMS FOR grim
OTHER WORDS FROM grim
grim·ly, adverb grim·ness, nounWords nearby grim
grillparzer,
grillroom,
grillwork,
grillé,
grilse,
grim,
grim dig,
grim reaper,
grimace,
grimaldi,
grimaldi man
Example sentences from the Web for grimness
British Dictionary definitions for grimness
grim
/ (ɡrɪm) /
adjective grimmer or grimmest
Derived forms of grim
grimly, adverb grimness, nounWord Origin for grim
Old English
grimm; related to Old Norse
grimmr, Old High German
grimm savage, Greek
khremizein to neigh