English to English
grim
(gr/I/m
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adjective (a)
- Of forbidding or fear-inspiring aspect; fierce; stern; surly; cruel; frightful; horrible.(adjective)source: webster1913
adjective satellite (s)
- not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty(adj.all)Example:
Grim determination.
Grim necessity.
source: wordnet30 - harshly uninviting or formidable in manner or appearance(adj.all)Example:
A grim man loving duty more than humanity.
Undoubtedly the grimmest part of him was his iron claw.
source: wordnet30 - filled with melancholy and despondency(adj.all)Example:
Took a grim view of the economy.
Synonym:
blue, depressed, dispirited, down, down in the mouth, downcast, downhearted, gloomy, low, low-spiritedsource: wordnet30