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grim

  [grim]
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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:
bef. 900; ME, OE; c. OS, OHG grimm, ON grimmr

Related forms:
grimly, adverb
grimness, noun

Synonyms:
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.
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grim   (grĭm)   
adj.   grim·mer, grim·mest

  1. Unrelenting; rigid.

  2. Uninviting or unnerving in aspect; forbidding: "undoubtedly the grimmest part of him was his iron claw" (J.M. Barrie).

  3. Ghastly; sinister: "He made a grim jest at the horrifying nature of his wound" (Reginald Pound). See Synonyms at ghastly.

  4. Dismal; gloomy: a grim, rainy day.

  5. Ferocious; savage: the grim advance of the pillaging army.


[Middle English, from Old English, fierce, severe.]
grim'ly adv., grim'ness n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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