Grimmer
[ɡrimə]
Examples
- 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.
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