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Webster 1913 Edition
Grim
Grim
(grĭm)
, Adj.
[
Com
par.
Grimmer
(-mẽr)
; superl. Grimmest
(-mĕst)
.] [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. [GREEK], a crushing sound, [GREEK] to neigh.] Of forbidding or fear-inspiring aspect; fierce; stern; surly; cruel; frightful; horrible.
Whose
grim
aspect sets every joint a-shaking. Shakespeare
Syn.– Fierce; ferocious; furious; horrid; horrible; frightful; ghastly; grisly; hideous; stern; sullen; sour.
Webster 1828 Edition
Grim
GRIM
,Adj.
1.
Fierce; ferocious; impressing terror; frightful; horrible; as a grim look; a grim face; grim war.2.
Ugly; ill looking.3.
Sour; crabbed peevish; surly.Definition 2024
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See also: Grim
English
Adjective
grim (comparative grimmer, superlative grimmest)
- dismal and gloomy, cold and forbidding
- Life was grim in many northern industrial towns.
- rigid and unrelenting
- His grim determination enabled him to win.
- ghastly or sinister
- A grim castle overshadowed the village.
- 2012 March 22, Scott Tobias, “The Hunger Games”, in AV Club:
- In movie terms, it suggests Paul Verhoeven in Robocop/Starship Troopers mode, an R-rated bloodbath where the grim spectacle of children murdering each other on television is bread-and-circuses for the age of reality TV, enforced by a totalitarian regime to keep the masses at bay.
- (Britain, slang) disgusting; gross
- Wanna see the dead rat I found in my fridge? —Mate, that is grim!
Translations
dismal and gloomy, cold and forbidding
|
rigid and unrelenting
ghastly or sinister
Danish
Adjective
grim
Inflection
| Inflection of grim | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Comparative | Superlative | |
| Common singular | grim | grimmere | grimmest2 |
| Neuter singular | grimt | grimmere | grimmest2 |
| Plural | grimme | grimmere | grimmest2 |
| Definite attributive1 | grimme | grimmere | grimmeste |
| 1) When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite, the corresponding "indefinite" form is used. 2) The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively. | |||
Old English
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *grimmaz, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrem- (“to thunder”). Cognate with Old Saxon grim, Old High German grim (German grimm, grimmig), Old Norse grimmr (Danish grim, Swedish grym); and with Greek χρεμίζω (chremízo), Old Church Slavonic грьмѣти (grĭměti) (Russian греме́ть (gremétʹ)), Latvian gremt. Perhaps related in Old Norse to veiled or hooded, Grim is also an alternate name for Odin, who often went around disguised; compare the hooded appearance of The Grim Reaper.
Pronunciation
Adjective
grim
Declension
Declension of grim — Strong
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | grim | grimmu | grim |
| Accusative | grimne | grimme | grim |
| Genitive | grimmes | grimre | grimmes |
| Dative | grimmum | grimre | grimmum |
| Instrumental | grimme | grimre | grimme |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | grimme | grimma, -e | grimmu, -e |
| Accusative | grimme | grimma, -e | grimmu, -e |
| Genitive | grimra | grimra | grimra |
| Dative | grimmum | grimmum | grimmum |
| Instrumental | grimmum | grimmum | grimmum |
Declension of grim — Weak
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | grimma | grimme | grimme |
| Accusative | grimman | grimman | grimme |
| Genitive | grimman | grimman | grimman |
| Dative | grimman | grimman | grimman |
| Instrumental | grimman | grimman | grimman |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | grimman | grimman | grimman |
| Accusative | grimman | grimman | grimman |
| Genitive | grimra, grimmena | grimra, grimmena | grimra, grimmena |
| Dative | grimmum | grimmum | grimmum |
| Instrumental | grimmum | grimmum | grimmum |