grim
[ grim ]
/ grɪm /
adjective, grim·mer, grim·mest.
stern and admitting of no appeasement or compromise:grim determination; grim necessity.
of a sinister or ghastly character; repellent: a grim joke.
having a harsh, surly, forbidding, or morbid air: a grim man but a just one; a grim countenance.
fierce, savage, or cruel: War is a grim business.
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Origin of grim
before 900; Middle English, Old English; cognate with Old Saxon, Old High German grimm,Old Norse grimmr
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grim
/ (ɡrɪm) /
adjective grimmer or grimmest
Derived forms of grim
grimly, adverbgrimness, nounWord Origin for grim
Old English grimm; related to Old Norse grimmr, Old High German grimm savage, Greek khremizein to neigh
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