Grim - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ɡrɪm|  American pronunciation of the word grim
Brit.  |ɡrɪm|  British pronunciation of the word grim

adjective

- not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty (syn: inexorable, relentless, stern, unappeasable, unrelenting)
grim determination
grim necessity
- shockingly repellent; inspiring horror (syn: ghastly, grisly, gruesome, macabre, sick)
the grim aftermath of the bombing
the grim task of burying the victims
- harshly ironic or sinister (syn: black, mordant)
a grim joke
grim laughter
- harshly uninviting or formidable in manner or appearance (syn: dour, forbidding)
a grim man loving duty more than humanity
undoubtedly the grimmest part of him was his iron claw
- filled with melancholy and despondency (syn: blue, depressed, dispirited, down, downcast, downhearted, gloomy, low, low-spirited)
took a grim view of the economy
- causing dejection (syn: blue, dark, dingy, disconsolate, dismal, drab, drear, dreary, gloomy, sorry)
grim rainy weather

Extra examples

Hikers made a grim discovery when they came across a dead body in the woods.

The accident serves as a grim reminder of the dangers of drinking and driving.

The prognosis is grim—doctors do not expect her to live longer than six months.

He paints a grim picture of the prospects for peace.

His face looked grim, and we knew his news wouldn't be good.

When he lost his job, his future looked grim.

Millions of Britons face the grim prospect (=something bad that will probably happen) of dearer home loans.

We received the grim news in silence.

'I'll survive,' he said with a grim smile.

The child hung on to her arm with grim determination.

The police officers were silent and grim-faced.

The weather forecast is pretty grim.

They painted a grim picture of what life used to be like there.

Juliet felt grim through the early months of her pregnancy.

...the grim reminder that every holiday weekend inevitably results in a slew of highway fatalities...

Word forms

adjective
comparative: grimmer
superlative: grimmest
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