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grim
I. \ˈgrim\ adjective
(grimmer ; grimmest)
Etymology: Middle English, from Old English grimm; akin to Old High German grimm savage, fierce, Old Norse grimmr fierce, cruel, enraged, Greek chromados action of gnashing, Avestan gram- to get angry
1.
a. : fierce in disposition or action : savage and merciless : cruel and pitiless
< gaunt grim wolves descending into the valleys >
b. : stern, fierce, and resolute : uncompromising
< ready to do grim battle for their rights >
2.
a. : of harsh and forbidding aspect : stern or forbidding in action or appearance
< a grim man loving duty more than humanity >
b. : distressing or shocking to see : grisly, horrible
< the grim row of traitors' heads over the gate >
3. : unyielding and relentless : sternly determined
< grim purpose >
4. : ghastly, repellent, or sinister in character or dealing with what is so
< a grim task >
< a grim tale >
< lectures seem to me a rather grim treat — Willa Cather >
• grim·ly adverb
II. transitive verb
(grimmed ; grimmed ; grimming ; grims)
: to make grim and forbidding
< lurid clouds that grim the silence > |