Grim
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ɡɹɪm/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Grim is an adjective meaning Dismal and gloomy, cold and forbidding.
Meaning
Dismal and gloomy, cold and forbidding.
More Meanings
- Rigid and unrelenting.
- Ghastly or sinister.
- Disgusting; gross.
- (transitive, rare) To make grim; to give a stern or forbidding aspect to.
- (MLE, slang, probably a fashionable word around 2006, now dated) A promiscuous woman.
- (obsolete) Fierce, cruel, furious.
- (obsolete) Anger, wrath.
Example Sentences
It's been a grim start to the year.
A grim castle overshadowed the village.
His grim determination enabled him to win.
Life was grim in many northern industrial towns.
Word Forms
- grimmer
- grimmest
- grims
- grimming
- grimmed
Synonyms for grim
Depending on context, synonyms include bleak, harsh, cheerless, comfortless, dark, morose.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include gloomy, disconsolate, depressing, cheerless, ghastly, dismal.
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Sources & Attribution
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