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adjective, grim·mer, grim·mest.
1.
stern and admitting of no appeasement or compromise: grim determination; grim necessity.
2.
of a sinister or ghastly character; repellent: a grim joke.
3.
having a harsh, surly, forbidding, or morbid air: a grim man but a just one; a grim countenance.
4.
fierce, savage, or cruel: War is a grim business.
Origin:
before 900; Middle English, Old English; cognate with Old Saxon, Old High German grimm, Old Norse grimmr
before 900; Middle English, Old English; cognate with Old Saxon, Old High German grimm, Old Norse grimmr
Related forms
grim·ly, adverb
grim·ness, noun
Synonyms
1. harsh, unyielding. 2. frightful, horrible, dire, appalling, horrid, grisly, gruesome, hideous, dreadful. 3. severe, stern, hard. 4. ferocious, ruthless.
1. harsh, unyielding. 2. frightful, horrible, dire, appalling, horrid, grisly, gruesome, hideous, dreadful. 3. severe, stern, hard. 4. ferocious, ruthless.
Antonyms
1. lenient. 2. attractive. 3. gentle.
1. lenient. 2. attractive. 3. gentle.
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Grimmer
is always a great word to know.
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Word Origin & History
grim
O.E. grimm "fierce, cruel," from P.Gmc. *grimmaz (cf. Ger. grimm, O.N. grimmr, Swed. grym "fierce, furious"), from PIE *ghrem- perhaps imitative of the sound of rumbling thunder (cf. Gk. khremizein "to neigh," O.C.S. vuzgrimeti "to thunder," Rus. gremet' "thunder"). A weaker word now than once it was;
EXPANDsense of "dreary, gloomy" first recorded c.1175. It also had a verb form in O.E., grimman (class III strong verb; past tense gramm, p.p. grummen). O.E. also had a noun, grima "goblin, specter," perhaps also a proper name or attribute-name of a god, hence its appearance as an element in place names. As a noun meaning "a form of bogey or haunting spirit," first recorded 1628.
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