What does grim mean?
Definitions for grim
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This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word grim.
Princeton's WordNet
grim, inexorable, relentless, stern, unappeasable, unforgiving, unrelentingadjective
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"
ghastly, grim, grisly, gruesome, macabre, sickadjective
shockingly repellent; inspiring horror
"ghastly wounds"; "the grim aftermath of the bombing"; "the grim task of burying the victims"; "a grisly murder"; "gruesome evidence of human sacrifice"; "macabre tales of war and plague in the Middle ages"; "macabre tortures conceived by madmen"
black, grim, mordantadjective
harshly ironic or sinister
"black humor"; "a grim joke"; "grim laughter"; "fun ranging from slapstick clowning ... to savage mordant wit"
dour, forbidding, grimadjective
harshly uninviting or formidable in manner or appearance
"a dour, self-sacrificing life"; "a forbidding scowl"; "a grim man loving duty more than humanity"; "undoubtedly the grimmest part of him was his iron claw"- J.M.Barrie
gloomy, grim, blue, depressed, dispirited, down(p), downcast, downhearted, down in the mouth, low, low-spiritedadjective
filled with melancholy and despondency
"gloomy at the thought of what he had to face"; "gloomy predictions"; "a gloomy silence"; "took a grim view of the economy"; "the darkening mood"; "lonely and blue in a strange city"; "depressed by the loss of his job"; "a dispirited and resigned expression on her face"; "downcast after his defeat"; "feeling discouraged and downhearted"
blue, dark, dingy, disconsolate, dismal, gloomy, grim, sorry, drab, drear, drearyadjective
causing dejection
"a blue day"; "the dark days of the war"; "a week of rainy depressing weather"; "a disconsolate winter landscape"; "the first dismal dispiriting days of November"; "a dark gloomy day"; "grim rainy weather"
Wiktionary
grimadjective
dismal and gloomy, cold and forbidding
grimadjective
rigid and unrelenting
grimadjective
ghastly or sinister
Grimnoun
An English surname
Etymology: From grim.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
GRIMadjective
Etymology: grimma, Saxon.
The innocent prey in haste he does forsake,
Which quit from death, yet quakes in every limb,
With change of fear to see the lion look so grim. F. Queen.Thou hast a grim appearance, and thy face
Bears a command in’t. William Shakespeare, Coriolanus.Their dear causes
Would to the bleeding and the grim alarm
Excite the mortified man. William Shakespeare, Macbeth.What if the breath that kindled those grim fires,
Awak’d, should blow them into sevenfold rage? John Milton.Expert to turn the sway
Of battle, open when and where to close
The ridges of grim war. John Milton, Paradise Lost, b. vi.He that dares to die,
May laugh at the grim face of law and scorn,
The cruel wrinkle of a tyrant brow. John Denham, Sophy.Their swarthy hosts would darken all our plains,
Doubling the native horrour of the war,
And making death more grim. Joseph Addison, Cato.Grim visag’d war hath smooth’d his wrinkl’d front. William Shakespeare.
Venus was like her mother; for her father is but grim. William Shakespeare.
Wikipedia
GRIM
GRIM (Groupe de recherche et d'improvisation musicales, roughly translated Group of Research and Musical Innovation), was a non-profit institute for improvised and experimental music. The GRIM was based at the Montévidéo, a cultural centre in Marseille, France.The GRIM is a voluntary association (association loi de 1901), founded in 1978 by guitarist-composer Jean-Marc Montera and funded by the city of Marseille with a focus on organising musical events. The organisation hosted concerts, workshops, lectures, artist in residence projects and studio recording sessions, in addition to having a multimedia public library with books and music relating to avant garde music, experimental music, improvised music, sound art and contemporary music. It previously helped organise the festivals Nuit d'Hiver and Sonic Protest. Allmusic bio about Montera As of March 2017, the GRIM has been absorbed into the gmem CNCM, another creative institute also located in Marseille.
ChatGPT
grim
Grim refers to something that is unpleasant, depressing, severe, or menacing in character or appearance. It can also describe something associated with death or harshness. It often describes situations, expressions, and emotions that are stern, gloomy, or without hope.
Webster Dictionary
Grim
of forbidding or fear-inspiring aspect; fierce; stern; surly; cruel; frightful; horrible
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Grim
grim, adj. of forbidding aspect: ferocious: ghastly: sullen: stern, unyielding.—adv. Grim′ly.—n. Grim′ness. [A.S. grim; Ger. grimmig—grimm, fury, Dut. grimmig, Ice. grimmr.]
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Surnames Frequency by Census Records
GRIM
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Grim is ranked #4771 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The Grim surname appeared 7,418 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 3 would have the surname Grim.
91.4% or 6,785 total occurrences were White.
4% or 303 total occurrences were Black.
1.7% or 129 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
1.5% or 115 total occurrences were of two or more races.
0.6% or 51 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
0.4% or 35 total occurrences were Asian.
British National Corpus
Adjectives Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'grim' in Adjectives Frequency: #964
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of grim in Chaldean Numerology is: 1
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of grim in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
Examples of grim in a Sentence
The way they are killing is constantly evolving, the grim imagination of those giving the orders has no limit.
Renowned Australian scientist David Goodall:
Why should it make me sad? i don’t regard it as grim, I regard it as natural.
Some of our protesters have been coming here for years. We've got a little old lady who knits little booties and puts them in the bush outside, they'll often be outside with big placards of fetuses post-abortion. It's very visually grim.
Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop:
I can confirm that we're seeking to independently verify that he was part of this suicide bombing attack, the news appears very grim, but we are seeking to independently verify it.
The general consensus is things are pretty grim.
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- ponurýCzech
- barskDanish
- grimmGerman
- malafablaEsperanto
- severoSpanish
- synkeäFinnish
- sinistreFrench
- gruamachScottish Gaelic
- נורא, עגוםHebrew
- विकटHindi
- zordHungarian
- suramIndonesian
- sinistro, fosco, tetro, arcigno, tenaceItalian
- სასტიკიGeorgian
- truciLatin
- grimmigDutch
- uhyggeligNorwegian
- ponuryPolish
- rígido, austero, sinistroPortuguese
- răuRomanian
- зловещий, непреклонный, мрачныйRussian
- pošmúrny, neprívetivýSlovak
- kuslig, kylig, grådaskig, stenhårdSwedish
- น่ากลัวThai
- gaddarTurkish
- nghiệt ngãVietnamese
- 严峻Chinese
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