grim
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adjective (grimmer, grimmest)
forbidding or uninviting:
〈人・様子などが〉険しい, 厳格な; 〈決意などが〉断固とした, 不屈の
e.g. his grim expression
〈場所・建物などが〉不快な, 気のめいる, 醜い
e.g. long rows of grim, dark housing developments.
(of humor) lacking genuine levity; mirthless; black:
〖通例名詞の前で〗気味の悪い, ぞっとする〈笑顔など〉
e.g. some moments of grim humor.
depressing or worrying to consider:
〈状況・知らせなどが〉厳しい; 残酷な, 容赦ない; 〈事実などが〉厳然とした
e.g. the grim news of the murder.
unrelentingly harsh; merciless or severe:
e.g. few creatures are able to thrive in this grim and hostile land.
PHRASES
like (or for) grim death
British with great determination:
e.g. we had to hold on like grim death.
DERIVATIVES
grimness |ˈɡrimnəs| noun
ORIGIN
Old English, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch grim and German grimm.