| 单词 | grim |
| 释义 | grim (once / 184 pages) adj Things that are gloomy, stark, ghastly, and somber are grim. Sunshine, puppies, and rainbows are not grim; zombies, reapers, and mummies are grim. Less scary things like drizzly, foggy days can also be called grim. Two famous uses of the adjective grim are the Grim Reaper and Grimm's Fairy Tales. Mr. Reaper shows up in movies and books wearing a long, hooded black cape and carrying a scythe, or long-handled blade used, in less grim circumstances, for mowing grass and reaping grain: he represents death. The real-life German brothers wrote some bone-chilling tales under their own name, Grimm, meaning "cruel, fierce," which is related to the English word grim. Modern grim things include crime-drama images of dead bodies and characters in horror movies. WORD FAMILYgrim: grimly, grimmer, grimmest, grimness USAGE EXAMPLES“This is why the current job discrimination situation is so grim.” New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) Yet the children’s personalities shine through these grim tasks. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) In the novel, a teen-ager named Theo, worn down with grim tidings, frames the problem of modern optimism in terms of scale. The New Yorker(Dec 31, 2016) 1adj harshly uninviting or formidable in manner or appearance a grim man loving duty more than humanity "undoubtedly the grimmest part of him was his iron claw"- J.M.Barrie Syn dour, forbidding unpleasant disagreeable to the senses, to the mind, or feelings 2adj shockingly repellent; inspiring horror the grim aftermath of the bombing the grim task of burying the victims Syn ghastly, grisly, gruesome, macabre, sick alarming frightening because of an awareness of danger 3adj filled with melancholy and despondency took a grim view of the economy Syn blue, depressed, dispirited, down, down in the mouth, downcast, downhearted, gloomy, low, low-spirited dejected affected or marked by low spirits 4adj harshly ironic or sinister a grim joke grim laughter Syn black, mordant sarcastic expressing or expressive of ridicule that wounds 5adj causing dejection grim rainy weather Syn blue, dark, dingy, disconsolate, dismal, drab, drear, dreary, gloomy, sorry cheerless, depressing, uncheerful causing sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy 6adj not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty grim determination grim necessity Syn inexorable, relentless, stern, unappeasable, unforgiving, unrelenting implacable incapable of being placated |
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