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adjective(stern) streng; grimmig [Lächeln, Gesicht, Blick, Schweigen, Humor, Entschlossenheit]; (unrelenting, merciless, severe) erbittert [Widerstand, Kampf, Schlacht]; (sinister, ghastly) grauenvoll [Aufgabe, Anblick, Nachricht]; trostlos [Winter, Tag, Landschaft, Aussichten]hold or hang or cling on [to something] like grim death — sich mit aller Kraft [an etwas (Dat.)] festklammern
* * *[ɡrim]1) (horrible; very unpleasant: The soldiers had a grim task looking for bodies in the wrecked houses.) schrecklich3) (stubborn, unyielding: grim determination.) eisern•- academic.ru/32493/grimness">grimness- grimly
- like grim death* * *[grɪm]1. (forbidding) expression, face grimmig, verbissenhe was \grim-faced as he stared into the camera mit finsterem Blick starrte er in die Kamera\grim determination eiserne Entschlossenheit2. (very unpleasant) situation schlimm; (horrible) news entsetzlich, grauenhaft; (inhospitable) landscape unwirtlichthey lived in a \grim flat in a high-rise building sie wohnten in einer trostlosen Wohnung in einem Hochhauswe were running out of money and things were looking \grim unser Geld wurde knapp und die Lage sah langsam düster ausa \grim outlook düstere Aussichtena \grim picture ein trostloses Bilda \grim reminder eine bittere [o schmerzliche] Erinnerung3.▶ to hang [or hold] on like \grim death dog sich akk festbeißen; person verbissen an etw dat festhalten* * *[grɪm]adj (+er)1) (= terrible) discovery, scene, task, news, story grauenvoll; joke, warning, reminder grauenhaft; situation ernst, trostlos; necessity, truth bitter; (= depressing) building, place, news, story trostlos; prospect trübe, düster; (= stern) person, face, smile, humour, silence, determination grimmig; voice ernst; battle, struggle verbissen, unerbittlichthe grim reality of hospital work —
to look grim (situation, future) — trostlos aussehen; (person) ein grimmiges Gesicht machen
or humor (US) — Galgenhumor m
to cling or hang on to sth like grim death — sich verzweifelt an etw (dat) festklammern
you're looking pretty grim — du siehst ziemlich elend or schlecht aus
* * *grim [ɡrım] adj (adv grimly)1. grimmig (Gesicht, Lachen etc)2. erbittert, verbissen (Kampf, Widerstand etc)3. grausam, hart, bitter (Wahrheit etc)5. grausig (Geschichte, Unfall etc)6. umg schlimm:I’ve had a grim day* * *adjective(stern) streng; grimmig [Lächeln, Gesicht, Blick, Schweigen, Humor, Entschlossenheit]; (unrelenting, merciless, severe) erbittert [Widerstand, Kampf, Schlacht]; (sinister, ghastly) grauenvoll [Aufgabe, Anblick, Nachricht]; trostlos [Winter, Tag, Landschaft, Aussichten]hold or hang or cling on [to something] like grim death — sich mit aller Kraft [an etwas (Dat.)] festklammern
* * *adj.grimmig adj.makaber adj.
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