grim

grim
[[t]grɪ̱m[/t]]
grimmer, grimmest
1) ADJ-GRADED A situation or piece of information that is grim is unpleasant, depressing, and difficult to accept.

They painted a grim picture of growing crime...

There was further grim economic news yesterday...

The mood could not have been grimmer.

Derived words:
grimness N-UNCOUNT

...an unrelenting grimness of tone.

2) ADJ-GRADED A place that is grim is unattractive and depressing in appearance.

The city might be grim at first, but there is a vibrancy and excitement.

...the tower blocks on the city's grim edges.

3) ADJ-GRADED If a person or their behaviour is grim, they are very serious, usually because they are worried about something. [WRITTEN]

She was a stout, grim woman with a turned-down mouth...

Her expression was grim and unpleasant.

Derived words:
grimly ADV-GRADED

`It's too late now to stop him,' Harris said grimly.

4) ADJ-GRADED If you say that something is grim, you think that it is very bad, ugly, or depressing. [INFORMAL]

Things were pretty grim for a time.


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