grim

grim  (grm)

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.

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[Middle English, from Old English, fierce, severe.]

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grimly adv.

grimness n.

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grim

Adjective

[grimmer, grimmest]

1. unfavourable and worrying: grim figures on unemployment

2. harsh and unpleasant: grim conditions in the detention centres

3. stern or resolute: a grim determination to fight on

4. Informal unpleasant or disagreeable [Old English grimm]

grimly adv
grimness n

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	grim - not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty; "grim determination"; "grim necessity"; "Russia's final hour, it seemed, approached with inexorable certainty"; "relentless persecution"; "the stern demands of parenthood" inexorable, relentless, unappeasable, unrelenting, unforgiving, stern implacable - incapable of being placated; "an implacable enemy"
	2.	grim - shockingly repellent; inspiring horror; "ghastly wounds"; "the grim aftermath of the bombing"; "the grim task of burying the victims"; "a grisly murder"; "gruesome evidence of human sacrifice"; "macabre tales of war and plague in the Middle ages"; "macabre tortures conceived by madmen" ghastly, grisly, gruesome, macabre, sick alarming - frightening because of an awareness of danger
	3.	grim - harshly ironic or sinister; "black humor"; "a grim joke"; "grim laughter"; "fun ranging from slapstick clowning ... to savage mordant wit" mordant, black sarcastic - expressing or expressive of ridicule that wounds
	4.	grim - harshly uninviting or formidable in manner or appearance; "a dour, self-sacrificing life"; "a forbidding scowl"; "a grim man loving duty more than humanity"; "undoubtedly the grimmest part of him was his iron claw"- J.M.Barrie forbidding, dour unpleasant - disagreeable to the senses, to the mind, or feelings ; "an unpleasant personality"; "unpleasant repercussions"; "unpleasant odors"
	5.	grim - filled with melancholy and despondency ; "gloomy at the thought of what he had to face"; "gloomy predictions"; "a gloomy silence"; "took a grim view of the economy"; "the darkening mood"; "lonely and blue in a strange city"; "depressed by the loss of his job"; "a dispirited and resigned expression on her face"; "downcast after his defeat"; "feeling discouraged and downhearted" down in the mouth, downhearted, low-spirited, gloomy, downcast, dispirited, blue, depressed, down, low dejected - affected or marked by low spirits; "is dejected but trying to look cheerful"
	6.	grim - causing dejection; "a blue day"; "the dark days of the war"; "a week of rainy depressing weather"; "a disconsolate winter landscape"; "the first dismal dispiriting days of November"; "a dark gloomy day"; "grim rainy weather" drear, dismal, dreary, disconsolate, dingy, gloomy, sorry, drab, blue, dark cheerless, depressing, uncheerful - causing sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy; "the economic outlook is depressing"; "something cheerless about the room"; "a moody and uncheerful person"; "an uncheerful place"

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grim

adjective terrible, shocking, severe, harsh, forbidding, horrible, formidable, sinister, ghastly, hideous, gruesome (slang) grisly, horrid, frightful, godawful

Translations

grim [grɪm] adj [place] → lúgubre; [person] → adusto

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grim [grɪm] adj → sinistre, lugubre (= serious, stern); sévère

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grim [grɪm] adj → trostlos;

(serious, stern) → grimmig

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grim [grɪm] adj → sinistro/a, brutto/a

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grim

adj grim [grim]

1 horrible; very unpleasant The soldiers had a grim task looking for bodies in the wrecked houses. grimmige, wrede كَريه، مُثير للإشْمِئْزاز зловещ příšerný, neradostný grusom; barsk schrecklich φρικτός, δυσάρεστος horrible, horroroso, macabro, nefasto peletav دلخراش؛ ناخوشایند kauhea sinistre נוֹרָאִי भयानक strašan, turoban félelmetes mengerikan andstyggilegur, óhugnanlegur macabro ぞっとするような 섬뜩한 siaubingas, bjaurus, atgrasus drūms; briesmīgs susah vreselijk; akelig forferdelig, nifs, uhyggelig ponury macabro sinistru неприятный ponurý, strašný zoprn sumoran ohygglig ร้ายกาจ korkunç 討厭的, 嚴酷的 жорстокий خشمگیں khốc liệt 讨厌的, 严酷的

2 angry; fierce-looking; not cheerful The boss looks a bit grim this morning. nors مُتَجَهِّم свиреп hrozivý, vzteklý vred grimmig αγριωπός, βλοσυρός ceñudo; austero, severo sünge عبوس؛ خشم آلود tuima menaçant זוֹעֵף निर्दयी, निष्ठुर ljut, neveseo zord muram reiðilegur truce きびしい 무서운 rūstus bargs; nežēlīgs serius woedend; bars streng, morsk groźny aborrecido furios суровый nahnevaný srdit ljutit barsk, bister ดุร้าย öfkeli, asık suratlı 可怕的 похмурий وحشت انگیز nghiêm khắc 可怕的

3 stubborn, unyielding grim determination. meedoënlose صارِم، عَنيد непреклонен nekompromisní nådesløs eisern άκαμπος, πεισματάρης inflexible, inexorable vankumatu تسلیم ناپذیر؛ مصمم peräänantamaton inflexible עִיקֵש अड़ियल tvrdoglav, nepopustljiv makacs keras ósveigjanlegur risoluto 断固とした 끄떡도 하지 않는 tvirtas, nepalenkiamas nelokāms teguh onverzettelijk ubøyelig, sta nieugięty teimoso în­că­păţânat непреклонный neochvejný, nekompromisný nepopustljiv tvrdoglav obeveklig, fast ไม่ยืดหยุ่น inatçı, boyun eğmez 堅強的 невблаганний اٹل kiên quyết 坚强的

n grimness

barsheid, norsheid تَجَهُّم строгост ponurost, pochmurnost grusomhed; ubarmhjertighed die Grimmigkeit βλοσυρότητα severidad; siniestridad, aspecto nefasto; inflexibilidad karmus خشونت؛ سرسختی kauheus aspect sinistre זַעַף, אַכזַרִיוּת मैल, गंदगी tvrdoglavost, nepopustljivost kegyetlenség; zordság; eltökéltség kemuraman óhugnaður aspetto sinistro/macabro きびしさ 무서움 siaubingumas, ryžtingumas bargums; nelokāmība keteguhan onverbiddelijkheid; meedogenloosheid dysterhet groza ferocidade sălbăticie; înfăţişare severă суровость; непреклонность pochmúrnosť zoprnost tvrdoglavost barskhet, obeveklighet ความร้ายกาจ inatçılık; zalimlik 頑強 жорстокість وحشت انگیزي sự dứt khoát 顽强

adv grimly

She held on grimly to the hope that there would be survivors. onverbiddelik بِعنادَه، بإصْرار непреклонно pochmurně ubarmhjertigt eisern γερά, σφιχτά severamente; siniestramente; inflexiblemente vankumatult بطور مصمم؛ با خشونت raivoisasti sinistrement בְּעיקְשוּת निष्ठुरता से tvrdoglavo, nepopustljivo ádázul dengan teguh af hörku risolutamente 頑強に 완강하게 stipriai, tvirtai stipri; nelokāmi dengan teguh onverzettelijk, onverbiddelijk for livet, til det siste kurczowo ferozmente cumplit непреклонно neochvejne; pochmúrne; hrozivo krčevito tvrdoglavo obevekligt อย่างดุร้าย çok ciddî olarak 堅強(地) жорстоко بے مہری سے dứt khoát 坚强（地）

like grim death

with great determination. op lewe en dood vasklou بتَصْميم شَديد с всички сили ze všech sil fast besluttet verbissen γερά, αποφασιστικά con determinación küünte ja hammastega با عزم راسخ kynsin hampain de toutes ses forces לְהֵיאָחֵז בְּכָל הַכּוח जबरदस्त संकल्प के साथ vrlo odlučno elkeseredetten tekad kuat af mikilli ákveðni/einbeitni con tutte le forze 力の限り 결사적으로 dantis sukandus, iš paskutiniųjų dzelžaini; ar milzīgu apņēmību dengan azam yang teguh met alle krachten fast bestemt rozpaczliwie com determinação ne­a­­bătut мёртвой хваткой zo všetkých síl z vso odločnostjo grčevito av alla krafter พิจารณาอย่างลึกซึ้ง kararlılıkla 堅強不屈 відчайдушно اٹل ، پکے عزم کے ساتھ không lay chuyển được 坚强不屈