grimness

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.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	grimness - the quality of being ghastly ghastliness, gruesomeness, luridness frightfulness - the quality of being frightful
	2.	grimness - something hard to endure; "the asperity of northern winters" asperity, rigor, rigorousness, rigourousness, severeness, severity, rigour, hardship difficultness, difficulty - the quality of being difficult; "they agreed about the difficulty of the climb" sternness - the quality (as of scenery) being grim and gloomy and forbidding; "the sternness of his surroundings made him uncomfortable"

Translations

grimness [ˈgrɪmnɪs] N

1. (= gloominess) [of situation, outlook] → lo desalentador, lo funesto; [of building, place, town] → lo sombrío, lo lúgubre

2. (= sternness) [of expression, face] → seriedad f, gravedad f
there was a grimness in his voice → su voz tenía un tono de seriedad or gravedad

3. (= sinister quality) [of humour, joke, story] → lo macabro

grimness [ˈgrɪmnɪs] n [situation, news] → gravité f
Grim Reaper n
the Grim Reaper → la Faucheuse

grimness

n (= terribleness) → Grauenhaftigkeit f; (of situation) → Ernst m; (= depressing nature, of building, place, news, story) → Trostlosigkeit f; (of prospects) → Trübheit f; (= sternness, of person, face, expression, smile, humour, determination) → Grimmigkeit f; (of voice) → Ernst m; (of battle, struggle) → Verbissenheit f, → Unerbittlichkeit f