Synonyms for grim
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : grim |
| Phonetic Transcription : grɪm |
Top 10 synonyms for grim Other synonyms for the word grim
- austere
- barbarous
- cantankerous
- churlish
- crabbed
- crusty
- dogged
- ferocious
- fierce
- forbidding
- foreboding
- formidable
- frightful
- funereal
- glowering
- grouchy
- grumpy
- hideous
- implacable
- inexorable
- intractable
- merciless
- morose
- relentless
- resolute
- ruthless
- scowling
- severe
- shocking
- sinister
- somber
- sour
- splenetic
- stern
- stubborn
- sulky
- sullen
- surly
- terrible
- truculent
- unrelenting
- unyielding
Définition of grim
Origin :- Old English grimm "fierce, cruel, savage, dire, painful," from Proto-Germanic *grimmaz (cf. Old Saxon, Old Frisian, Old High German, German grimm, Old Norse grimmr, Swedish grym "fierce, furious"), from PIE *ghrem- "angry," perhaps imitative of the sound of rumbling thunder (cf. Greek khremizein "to neigh," Old Church Slavonic vuzgrimeti "to thunder," Russian gremet' "thunder").
- A weaker word now than once it was; sense of "dreary, gloomy" first recorded late 12c. It also had a verb form in Old English, grimman (class III strong verb; past tense gramm, p.p. grummen). Old English 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.
- Grim reaper as a figurative way to say "death" is attested by 1847 (the association of grim and death goes back at least to 17c.). A Middle English expression for "have recourse to harsh measures" was to wend the grim tooth (early 13c.).
- adj hopeless, horrible in manner, appearance
- It was composed of the grim psychological laws that govern the abnormal.
- Extract from : « Viviette » by William J. Locke
- Andrew peered into the grim face of the older man; there was not a flicker of a smile in it.
- Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
- This dart which I hold in my hand was once grim Death's own weapon.
- Extract from : « A Virtuoso's Collection (From "Mosses From An Old Manse") » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
- Grim, dour, silent, it waited for the beginning of hostilities.
- Extract from : « Quaint Courtships » by Various
- His was a commanding physique, hard as the grim plains from which he wrested his living.
- Extract from : « Dust » by Mr. and Mrs. Haldeman-Julius
- All else on his canvas is subordinated to the grim image of the colossal Puritan.
- Extract from : « The Works of Whittier, Volume VI (of VII) » by John Greenleaf Whittier
- And the admiral eyed the handsome colonel with grim fondness.
- Extract from : « Alice, or The Mysteries, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
- A smile laid its faint light upon his grim old lips, and was gone.
- Extract from : « Good Indian » by B. M. Bower
- For the grim alternative was seldom out of my thoughts, and at least his dear life was safe.
- Extract from : « The Comrade In White » by W. H. Leathem
- The Tinker said nothing at first but stood looking at Robin with a grim face.
- Extract from : « The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood » by Howard Pyle
Antonyms for grim
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