GRIM


Meaning of GRIM in English

(~mer, ~mest)

1.

A situation or piece of information that is ~ is unpleasant, depressing, and difficult to accept.

They painted a ~ picture of growing crime...

There was further ~ economic news yesterday...

The mood could not have been ~mer.

ADJ

~ness

...an unrelenting ~ness of tone.

N-UNCOUNT

2.

A place that is ~ is unattractive and depressing in appearance.

...the tower blocks on the city’s ~ edges.

ADJ

3.

If a person or their behaviour is ~, they are very serious, usually because they are worried about something. (WRITTEN)

She was a ~ woman with a turned-down mouth...

Her expression was ~ and unpleasant.

ADJ

4.

If you say that something is ~, you think that it is very bad, ugly, or depressing. (INFORMAL)

Things were pretty ~ for a time.

ADJ

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