grim
IPA: grˈɪm
noun
- (MLE, slang, probably a fashionable word around 2006, now dated) A promiscuous woman.
- (obsolete) Anger, wrath.
- (obsolete) A specter, ghost, haunting spirit.
- An English surname
verb
- (transitive, rare) To make grim; to give a stern or forbidding aspect to.
adjective
- Dismal and gloomy, cold and forbidding.
- Rigid and unrelenting.
- Ghastly or sinister.
- Disgusting; gross.
- (obsolete) Fierce, cruel, furious.
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Examples of "grim" in Sentences
- The grim reality of the situation was impossible to ignore
- His facial expression was grim as he delivered the bad news
- The weather forecast painted a grim picture of an incoming storm
- The villagers' faces were filled with grim determination as they prepared for battle
- Despite the grim circumstances, she refused to give up hope
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