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21grim — adjective grimmer, grimmest 1 SITUATION/NEWS making you feel worried and unhappy: There s more grim news from the war zone. | things look grim (for): Things look pretty grim for farmers right now. | grim prospect (=something bad that will… …
22Grim — This long established surname belongs to that sizeable group of early European surnames that were gradually created from the habitual use of nicknames. These nicknames were originally given with reference to a variety of personal characteristics …
23grim — [[t]grɪm[/t]] adj. grim•mer, grim•mest 1) stern and admitting of no compromise; harsh; unyielding: grim determination[/ex] 2) of a sinister or ghastly character: a grim joke[/ex] 3) having a harsh, surly, forbidding, or morbid air: a grim… …
24grim — grimly, adv. grimness, n. /grim/, adj., grimmer, grimmest. 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,… …
25grim — {{11}}grim (adj.) O.E. grimm fierce, cruel, savage, dire, painful, from P.Gmc. *grimmaz (Cf. O.S., O.Fris., O.H.G., Ger. grimm, O.N. grimmr, Swed. grym fierce, furious ), from PIE *ghrem angry, perhaps imitative of the sound of rumbling thunder… …
26grim — adjective 1) his grim expression Syn: stern, forbidding, uninviting, unsmiling, dour, formidable, harsh, steely, flinty, stony; cross, churlish, surly, sour, ill tempered; fierce, ferocious …
27grim — /grɪm / (say grim) adjective (grimmer, grimmest) 1. stern; unrelenting; uncompromising: grim necessity. 2. of a sinister or ghastly character; repellent: a grim joke. 3. of a fierce or forbidding aspect: a grim countenance. 4. fierce, savage, or… …
28Grim — Several names of prehistoric landscape features such as earthworks, hill forts, and flint mines, include the element Grim . The name Grimsditch occurs in eleven counties (in some, more than once); Grimsbury twice; Grime s Graves, Grimspound,… …
29grim — [grɪm] adj 1) grim news, situations, and events are unpleasant and make you feel upset and worried the grim reality of unemployment[/ex] 2) very serious and unfriendly a grim expression[/ex] 3) a grim place is ugly and unpleasant grimly adv …
30grim — adjective (grimmer; grimmest) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English grimm; akin to Old High German grimm fierce, Greek chremetizein to neigh Date: before 12th century 1. fierce in disposition or action ; savage 2. a. stern or forbidding in… …
