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Synonyms
grim (grĭm)

[Middle English, from Old English, fierce, severe.]

adjective: grim·mer, grim·mest. 

  1. Unrelenting; rigid.
  2. Uninviting or unnerving in aspect; forbidding: “undoubtedly the grimmest part of him was his iron claw” (J.M. Barrie)
  3. Ghastly; sinister: “He made a grim jest at the horrifying nature of his wound” (Reginald Pound) See synonyms at ghastly
  4. Dismal; gloomy: a grim, rainy day.
  5. Ferocious; savage: the grim advance of the pillaging army.

derivatives

griḿly
adverb
griḿness
noun