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| grim [ grim ] (comparative grim·mer, superlative grim·mest) |
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1. unpleasant: extremely unpleasant, distressing, or sinister
  a grim accident scene
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2. depressing: depressingly gloomy
a grim economic forecast
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3. sternly serious: stern in a frightening and unnerving way
a grim, set look on his face
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4. forbidding: forbidding and unattractive in appearance
a grim mining town
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5. ironic: disquietingly ironic
took grim satisfaction in his opponent's misfortune
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6. unyielding: refusing to give way or give up
with grim determination
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7. ferocious: fierce or savage
a grim gale tossing the boat at sea
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| [ Old English, < Germanic] |
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| grim·ly adverb |
| grim·ness noun |
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