英语词汇“grim”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

grim

/ɡrɪm

adjective (grimmer, grimmest)

1Very serious or gloomy: his grim expression...

But she could see everyone else paying close attention, their expressions slowly becoming more serious and grim.
She looked up to see his grim expression and immediately sobered.
This time, none of them were laughing; they looked grim and serious.

Synonyms

stern, forbidding, uninviting, unapproachable, aloof, distant;

formidable, strict, dour, harsh;

steely, flinty, stony;

fierce, ferocious, threatening, menacing, mean-looking;

cross, churlish, crabbed, surly, sour, ill-tempered, unsmiling;

cruel, ruthless, merciless

British informal boot-faced

1.1Depressing or worrying to consider: the grim news of the murder...

With these grim figures to consider, it is expected that Carlow would be one of the first test centres in the country to benefit from any forthcoming additional resources.
The alternative - settling for economic, cultural and demographic stagnation - is too grim to consider.
This could be grim news for millions of consumers whose life savings are invested in pensions, endowments and other savings contracts.

Synonyms

dreadful, dire, ghastly, horrible, horrendous, horrid, terrible, awful, appalling, frightful, shocking, unspeakable, atrocious, harrowing;

grisly, gruesome, hideous, disgusting, revolting, gory, macabre, morbid;

depressing, distressing, upsetting, worrying, concerning, unpleasant, disagreeable

1.2(Of humour) lacking genuine levity; black: some moments of grim humour...

Most of us use grim humour to cope with life's dark side.
Sitting in the shade of the fig trees in Westminster's bustling Portcullis House last week, Ian Cawsey recalled with grim humour the moment when he almost died.
But somehow, that sort of irreverent, grim humor doesn't seem appropriate.

Synonyms

black, dark, mirthless, bleak, cynical, fatalistic

2(Especially of a place) unattractive or forbidding: rows of grim, dark housing developments...

The rear of Selfridges is a grim place, just a service road lined by characterless buildings, and totally unlike the elegance of the imposing frontage.
They live in a house in the most unpromising of territory - a grim estate on the Charlton-Woolwich boundary - yet the interior of their home is fantastic.
Ever wondered how the NHS struggles by in the grotty, run-down and ultimately grim areas of this country?

Synonyms

bleak, dreary, dismal, dingy, wretched, miserable, disheartening, depressing, cheerless, comfortless, joyless, gloomy, sombre, uninviting, drab

informal God-awful

2.1Unrelentingly harsh: few creatures thrive in this grim and hostile land...

Rural life is shown as harsh and grim where the ablest and younger peasants sought to escape to the factories in the cities.
The lives of agricultural and urban workers would have been just as grim.
Others are angry but matter-of-fact about a lifestyle that seems unbearably grim to the outsider.

Synonyms

merciless, cruel, ruthless, pitiless, savage, vicious, brutal, harsh, severe

Phrases

the Grim Reaper

like (or for) grim death

Derivatives

grimness

/ˈɡrɪmnəs

/ noun ...

Russians can have a seriousness that borders on grimness.
Some of the elite recognised that high art could compensate for the deficits of capitalist society; beautiful paintings could make the grimness of everyday life a little easier to bear.
My hostel, on first encounter, had an institutional grimness defying the more immediate forms of description.

Origin

Old English, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch grim and German grimm.

The meaning of grim has weakened over the centuries from its first appearance in Old English as ‘fierce or cruel’. To hang (or cling) on like grim death dates from the mid 19th century, but the use of grim for the forbidding appearance of the figure of Death is recorded much earlier. The Grim Reaper (mid 19th century) is a representation of Death in the form of a cloaked skeleton wielding a long scythe.

单词	grim
释义	grim /ɡrɪm / adjective (grimmer, grimmest) 1Very serious or gloomy: his grim expression... But she could see everyone else paying close attention, their expressions slowly becoming more serious and grim. She looked up to see his grim expression and immediately sobered. This time, none of them were laughing; they looked grim and serious. Synonyms stern, forbidding, uninviting, unapproachable, aloof, distant; formidable, strict, dour, harsh; steely, flinty, stony; fierce, ferocious, threatening, menacing, mean-looking; cross, churlish, crabbed, surly, sour, ill-tempered, unsmiling; cruel, ruthless, merciless British informal boot-faced 1.1Depressing or worrying to consider: the grim news of the murder... With these grim figures to consider, it is expected that Carlow would be one of the first test centres in the country to benefit from any forthcoming additional resources. The alternative - settling for economic, cultural and demographic stagnation - is too grim to consider. This could be grim news for millions of consumers whose life savings are invested in pensions, endowments and other savings contracts. Synonyms dreadful, dire, ghastly, horrible, horrendous, horrid, terrible, awful, appalling, frightful, shocking, unspeakable, atrocious, harrowing; grisly, gruesome, hideous, disgusting, revolting, gory, macabre, morbid; depressing, distressing, upsetting, worrying, concerning, unpleasant, disagreeable 1.2(Of humour) lacking genuine levity; black: some moments of grim humour... Most of us use grim humour to cope with life's dark side. Sitting in the shade of the fig trees in Westminster's bustling Portcullis House last week, Ian Cawsey recalled with grim humour the moment when he almost died. But somehow, that sort of irreverent, grim humor doesn't seem appropriate. Synonyms black, dark, mirthless, bleak, cynical, fatalistic 2(Especially of a place) unattractive or forbidding: rows of grim, dark housing developments... The rear of Selfridges is a grim place, just a service road lined by characterless buildings, and totally unlike the elegance of the imposing frontage. They live in a house in the most unpromising of territory - a grim estate on the Charlton-Woolwich boundary - yet the interior of their home is fantastic. Ever wondered how the NHS struggles by in the grotty, run-down and ultimately grim areas of this country? Synonyms bleak, dreary, dismal, dingy, wretched, miserable, disheartening, depressing, cheerless, comfortless, joyless, gloomy, sombre, uninviting, drab informal God-awful 2.1Unrelentingly harsh: few creatures thrive in this grim and hostile land... Rural life is shown as harsh and grim where the ablest and younger peasants sought to escape to the factories in the cities. The lives of agricultural and urban workers would have been just as grim. Others are angry but matter-of-fact about a lifestyle that seems unbearably grim to the outsider. Synonyms merciless, cruel, ruthless, pitiless, savage, vicious, brutal, harsh, severe Phrases the Grim Reaper like (or for) grim death Derivatives grimness /ˈɡrɪmnəs / noun ... Russians can have a seriousness that borders on grimness. Some of the elite recognised that high art could compensate for the deficits of capitalist society; beautiful paintings could make the grimness of everyday life a little easier to bear. My hostel, on first encounter, had an institutional grimness defying the more immediate forms of description. Origin Old English, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch grim and German grimm. The meaning of grim has weakened over the centuries from its first appearance in Old English as ‘fierce or cruel’. To hang (or cling) on like grim death dates from the mid 19th century, but the use of grim for the forbidding appearance of the figure of Death is recorded much earlier. The Grim Reaper (mid 19th century) is a representation of Death in the form of a cloaked skeleton wielding a long scythe. Rhymes bedim, brim, crim, dim, glim, Grimm, gym, him, hymn, Jim, Kim, limb, limn, nim, prim, scrim, shim, Sim, skim, slim, swim, Tim, trim, vim, whim
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