- grim (Adj.)
- germ. grata-; gremma-
Neuenglisch-germanisches Wörterbuch. Gerhard Köbler. 2010.
grim (Adj.)
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grim — adj., t, me … Dansk ordbog
grim — [grım] adj [: Old English; Origin: grimm] 1.) making you feel worried or unhappy = ↑harsh ▪ the grim reality of rebuilding the shattered town ▪ When he lost his job, his future looked grim. ▪ Millions of Britons face the grim prospect (=something … Dictionary of contemporary English
grim — [grim] adj. grimmer, grimmest [ME < OE grimm, akin to Ger < IE base * ghrem , to make a loud sound, roar angrily > GRUMBLE, Russ grom, thunder] 1. fierce; cruel; savage 2. hard and unyielding; relentless; stern; resolute [grim courage] 3 … English World dictionary
grim — [adj] hopeless, horrible in manner, appearance austere, barbarous, bleak, cantankerous, churlish, crabbed*, cruel, crusty, dogged, ferocious, fierce, forbidding, foreboding, formidable, frightful, funereal, ghastly, gloomy, glowering, glum,… … New thesaurus
grim — {{11}}grim (adj.) O.E. grimm fierce, cruel, savage, dire, painful, from P.Gmc. *grimmaz (Cf. O.S., O.Fris., O.H.G., Ger. grimm, O.N. grimmr, Swed. grym fierce, furious ), from PIE *ghrem angry, perhaps imitative of the sound of rumbling thunder… … Etymology dictionary
grim — grimly, adv. grimness, n. /grim/, adj., grimmer, grimmest. 1. stern and admitting of no appeasement or compromise: grim determination; grim necessity. 2. of a sinister or ghastly character; repellent: a grim joke. 3. having a harsh, surly,… … Universalium
Grim — (gr[i^]m), a. [Compar. {Grimmer} ( m[ e]r); superl. {Grimmest} ( m[e^]st).] [AS. grim; akin to G. grimm, equiv. to G. & D. grimmig, Dan. grim, grum, Sw. grym, Icel. grimmr, G. gram grief, as adj., hostile; cf. Gr. ?, a crushing sound, ? to… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
grim — adj. (grimmer, grimmest) 1 of a stern or forbidding appearance. 2 harsh, merciless, severe. 3 ghastly, joyless, sinister (has a grim truth in it). 4 unpleasant, unattractive. Phrases and idioms: like grim death with great determination.… … Useful english dictionary
grim — adj. Grim is used with these nouns: ↑determination, ↑discovery, ↑expression, ↑face, ↑fate, ↑fortress, ↑future, ↑humour, ↑look, ↑milestone, ↑news, ↑ … Collocations dictionary
grim — adj. HD. 155; ‘grim or gore?’ HD. 2497 … Oldest English Words
grim — adj British extremely unpleasant, disgusting. The standard term was adopted as a vogue term of disapproval by adolescents from the later 1990s … Contemporary slang
