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• grim — [ grım ] adjective * ▸ 1 causing worry ▸ 2 serious and unfriendly ▸ 3 not attractive ▸ 4 not enjoyable ▸ 5 sick ▸ + PHRASES 1. ) grim news, situations, or events are unpleasant and make you feel upset and worried: The future looks pretty grim.… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• expression — noun 1 on sb s face ADJECTIVE ▪ neutral ▪ blank, dazed, glazed, vacant ▪ They all just looked at me with blank expressions. ▪ dea …   Collocations dictionary

• grim */ — UK [ɡrɪm] / US adjective Word forms grim : adjective grim comparative grimmer superlative grimmest 1) grim news, situations, or events are unpleasant and make you feel upset and worried the grim reality of unemployment The future looks pretty… …   English dictionary

• grim — adjective 1) his grim expression Syn: stern, forbidding, uninviting, unsmiling, dour, formidable, harsh, steely, flinty, stony; cross, churlish, surly, sour, ill tempered; fierce, ferocious …   Thesaurus of popular words

• grim — [grɪm] adj 1) grim news, situations, and events are unpleasant and make you feel upset and worried the grim reality of unemployment[/ex] 2) very serious and unfriendly a grim expression[/ex] 3) a grim place is ugly and unpleasant grimly adv …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

• grim — adjective 1) his grim expression Syn: stern, forbidding, uninviting, unsmiling, dour, formidable 2) grim secrets Syn: dreadful, ghastly, horrible, terrible, awful …   Synonyms and antonyms dictionary

• grim — [[t]grɪ̱m[/t]] grimmer, grimmest 1) ADJ GRADED 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...… …   English dictionary

• grim — {{11}}grim (adj.) O.E. grimm fierce, cruel, savage, dire, painful, from P.Gmc. *grimmaz (Cf. O.S., O.Fris., O.H.G., Ger. grimm, O.N. grimmr, Swed. grym fierce, furious ), from PIE *ghrem angry, perhaps imitative of the sound of rumbling thunder… …   Etymology dictionary

• Grim —    Several names of prehistoric landscape features such as earthworks, hill forts, and flint mines, include the element Grim . The name Grimsditch occurs in eleven counties (in some, more than once); Grimsbury twice; Grime s Graves, Grimspound,… …   A Dictionary of English folklore

• grim — adj. Grim is used with these nouns: ↑determination, ↑discovery, ↑expression, ↑face, ↑fate, ↑fortress, ↑future, ↑humour, ↑look, ↑milestone, ↑news, ↑ …   Collocations dictionary

• List of characters in The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy — This is a list of characters from the American animated television series The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy . Main Characters Grim Reaper Introduced in: Meet The Reaper Grim is the Grim Reaper, a scythe wielding skeleton in a black hooded… …   Wikipedia