grim

See also: Grim

English

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɡɹɪm/
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  • Rhymes: -ɪm

Etymology 1

From Middle English grim, from Old English grim, grimm, from Proto-Germanic *grimmaz, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrem- (“to resound, thunder, grumble, roar”).

Adjective

grim (comparative grimmer, superlative grimmest)

  1. dismal and gloomy, cold and forbidding
    Life was grim in many northern industrial towns.
  2. rigid and unrelenting
    His grim determination enabled him to win.
  3. ghastly or sinister
    A grim castle overshadowed the village.
    • 2012 March 22, Scott Tobias, “The Hunger Games”, in AV Club:
      In movie terms, it suggests Paul Verhoeven in Robocop/Starship Troopers mode, an R-rated bloodbath where the grim spectacle of children murdering each other on television is bread-and-circuses for the age of reality TV, enforced by a totalitarian regime to keep the masses at bay.
  4. (Britain, slang) disgusting; gross
    - Wanna see the dead rat I found in my fridge?
    - Mate, that is grim!
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Verb

grim (third-person singular simple present grims, present participle grimming, simple past and past participle grimmed)

  1. (transitive, rare) To make grim; to give a stern or forbidding aspect to.

Etymology 2

From Middle English grim, grym, greme, from Old English *grimu, *grimmu, from Proto-Germanic *grimmį̄ (“anger, wrath”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrem- (“to resound, thunder, grumble, roar”). Cognate with Middle Dutch grimme, German Grimme (“anger”).

Noun

grim (uncountable)

  1. (archaic) Anger, wrath.
Derived terms

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse grimmr, from Proto-Germanic *grimmaz.

Adjective

grim

  1. ugly, unsightly
  2. nasty

Inflection
Inflection of grim
Positive Comparative Superlative
Common singular grim grimmere grimmest2
Neuter singular grimt grimmere grimmest2
Plural grimme grimmere grimmest2
Definite attributive1 grimme grimmere grimmeste
1) When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite, the corresponding "indefinite" form is used.
2) The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

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Verb

grim

  1. taking

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *grimmaz, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrem- (“to thunder”). Cognate with Old Saxon grim, Old High German grim (German grimm, grimmig), Old Norse grimmr (Danish grim, Swedish grym); and with Greek χρεμίζω (chremízo), Old Church Slavonic грьмѣти (grĭměti) (Russian греме́ть (gremétʹ)), Latvian gremt. Perhaps related in Old Norse to veiled or hooded, Grim is also an alternate name for Odin, who often went around disguised; compare the hooded appearance of The Grim Reaper.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɡrim/

Adjective

grim

  1. fierce, severe, terrible

Declension
Declension of grim — Strong
Singular Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative grim grimmu, -o grim
Accusative grimne grimme grim
Genitive grimmes grimre grimmes
Dative grimmum grimre grimmum
Instrumental grimme grimre grimme
Plural Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative grimme grimma, -e grimmu, -o
Accusative grimme grimma, -e grimmu, -o
Genitive grimra grimra grimra
Dative grimmum grimmum grimmum
Instrumental grimmum grimmum grimmum
Declension of grim — Weak
Singular Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative grimma grimme grimme
Accusative grimman grimman grimme
Genitive grimman grimman grimman
Dative grimman grimman grimman
Instrumental grimman grimman grimman
Plural Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative grimman grimman grimman
Accusative grimman grimman grimman
Genitive grimra, grimmena grimra, grimmena grimra, grimmena
Dative grimmum grimmum grimmum
Instrumental grimmum grimmum grimmum

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