Grim
[grɪm] or [ɡrɪm]
Definition
(adj.) not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty; 'grim determination'; 'grim necessity'; 'Russia's final hour, it seemed, approached with inexorable certainty'; 'relentless persecution'; 'the stern demands of parenthood' .
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Definition
(Compar.) Of forbidding or fear-inspiring aspect; fierce; stern; surly; cruel; frightful; horrible.
Typist: Michael
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Fierce, ferocious, ruthless, cruel, savage.[2]. Frightful, horrible, hideous, grisly, appalling, dire, horrid, terrific, dreadful, of forbidding look.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Fierce, ferocious, terrible, hideous, ugly, ghastly, sullen, stern
ANT:Mild, docile, attractive, placid, benign
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Definition
adj. of forbidding aspect: ferocious: ghastly: sullen: stern unyielding.—adv. Grim′ly.—n. Grim′ness.
Typist: Penelope
Examples
- I saw a grim smile contort Mr. Rochester's lips, and he muttered-- No, by God! Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Many of them are aimed at gas, and there are several grim summaries of death and fires due to gas-leaks or explosions. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- I think they would, came from under the hat, in a grim tone, quite as touching as a broken one. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- As Mr. Bumble said this, he put on a grim and threatening look, and added, in a low voice, 'Mind what I told you, you young rascal! Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- The man mastered himself with a violent effort, and his grim mouth loosened into a false laugh, which was more menacing than his frown. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- All these four Anges were grim and grey as burglars, and cold and vapid as ghosts. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- The grim blackness of the stones told by what fate the Hall had fallen--by conflagration: but how kindled? Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- I ventured to stretch my hand to the bonnet-grec which lay in grim repose on the window-sill. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Such acts were not wanting to adorn the grim train that waited on the progress of the plague. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Standing in the window we saw that his left hand was swathed in a bandage and that his face was very grim and pale. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- There's nothing grimmer than the tragedy that wears a comic mask. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- Mrs. Catherick returned to her chair, and looked at me with a grimmer sarcasm than ever. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Meagre and spare, like all the other rooms, it was even uglier and grimmer than the rest, by being the place of banishment for the worn-out furniture. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- She looked round to see how the Professor liked it, and found him looking at her with the grimmest expression she had ever seen him wear. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
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