Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - grim
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~ adj grimmer, grimmest 1 »SITUATION/NEWS« making you feel worried and unhappy (There's more grim news from the war zone. | things look grim (for)) (Things look pretty grim for farmers right now. | grim prospect (=something bad that will probably happen)) 2 »PLACE/BUILDING ETC« unpleasant and unattractive (a grim industrial town) 3 »PERSON« looking or sounding very serious because the situation is very bad (The grim-faced judge sentenced Burke to life-imprisonment. | grim determination (=serious determination in spite of difficulties or dangers)) 4 feel grim informal to feel ill (I felt a bit grim the morning after the party.) 5 »OF BAD QUALITY« BrE informal very bad in quality (You should see some of her recent essays - they're pretty grim.) 6 hold/hang on for grim death BrE informal to hold something very tightly because you are afraid - grimly adv (Arnold smiled grimly.) - grimness n
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(grimmer, grimmest) 1. A situation or piece of information that is grim is unpleasant, depressing, and difficult to accept. They painted a grim picture of growing crime... There was further grim economic news yesterday... The mood could not have been grimmer. ADJ • grimness ...an unrelenting grimness of tone. N-UNCOUNT 2. A place that is grim is unattractive and depressing in appearance. ...the tower blocks on the city’s grim edges. ADJ 3. If a person or their behaviour is grim, they are very serious, usually because they are worried about something. (WRITTEN) She was a grim woman with a turned-down mouth... Her expression was grim and unpleasant. ADJ 4. If you say that something is grim, you think that it is very bad, ugly, or depressing. (INFORMAL) Things were pretty grim for a time. ADJ ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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adjective (~mer; ~mest) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English ~m; akin to Old High German ~m fierce, Greek chremetizein to neigh Date: before 12th century 1. fierce in disposition or action ; savage 2. a. stern or forbidding in action or appearance a ~ taskmaster b. somber, gloomy 3. ghastly, repellent, or sinister in character a ~ tale 4. unflinching, unyielding ~ determination • ~ly adverb • ~ness noun ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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adj. (grimmer, grimmest) 1 of a stern or forbidding appearance. 2 harsh, merciless, severe. 3 ghastly, joyless, sinister (has a grim truth in it). 4 unpleasant, unattractive. Phrases and idioms like grim death with great determination. Derivatives grimly adv. grimness n. Etymology: OE f. Gmc ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. жесткий, беспощадный, безжалостный grim struggle —- беспощадная борьба grim truth —- жестокая правда 2. суровый, неумолимый grim countenance —- суровый вид grim expresion —- суровое выражение (лица) to look grim —- выглядеть неумолимым to keep a grim silence —- хранить суровое молчание 3. несгибаемый, решительный grim courage —- несгибаемое мужество grim determination —- твердое решение 4. неприятный; отвратительный, отталкивающий grim task —- неприятная задача rather a grim business —- весьма неприятное дело things are looking grim —- положение не из приятных; радоваться нечему it's a grim prospect —- надеяться не на что, ничего хорошего не предвидится 5. зловещий, ужасный; мрачный grim smile —- мрачная улыбка grim laughter —- злобный смех grim humour —- мрачный юмор grim landscape —- угрюмый пейзаж 6. плохой; отвратительный (о самочувствии) he looked pretty grim —- он выглядел больным how do you feel? - Pretty grim! —- как вы себя чувствуете? - Отвратительно! Id: to hold on like grim death —- вцепиться мертвой хваткой; держаться изо всех сил, отчаянно цепляться 7. редк. выглядеть мрачно или зловеще 8. придавать мрачный, зловещий вид ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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humour мрачный юмор GRIM adj. 1) жестокий, беспощадный, неумолимый, непреклонный 2) страшный, мрачный, зловещий - grim humour Syn: see dismal ...Англо-русский словарь
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hosp. abbr. General Record Of Incidence Of Mortality mil. abbr. GPS Receiver Interface Module funny abbr. Grim Reapers In Mass ...English abbreviation dictionary
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- O.E. grimm "fierce, cruel," from P.Gmc. *grimmaz, from PIE *ghrem- perhaps imitative of the sound of rumbling thunder. A weaker word now than once it was; sense of "dreary, gloomy" first recorded c.1175. It also had a verb form in O.E., grimman (class III strong verb; past tense gramm, p.p. grummen). O.E. also had a noun, grima "goblin, specter," perhaps also a proper name or attribute-name of a god, hence its appearance as an element in place names. As a noun meaning "a form of bogey or haunting spirit," first recorded 1628. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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