grim

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grim [adjective] (SERIOUS)

worried and serious or sad

US /ɡrɪm/ 
UK /ɡrɪm/ 

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Oxford Essential Dictionary

grim

 adjective (grimmer, grimmest)

1 (used about a person) very serious and not smiling:
a grim expression

2 (used about a situation) very bad and making you feel worried:
The news is grim.
 

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

grim

grim /ɡrɪm/ BrE AmE adjective
[Language: Old English; Origin: grimm]
1. making you feel worried or unhappy SYN harsh:
the grim reality of rebuilding the shattered town
When he lost his job, his future looked grim.
Millions of Britons face the grim prospect (=something bad that will probably happen) of dearer home loans.
We received the grim news in silence.
2. looking or sounding very serious:
‘I’ll survive,’ he said with a grim smile.
The child hung on to her arm with grim determination.
The police officers were silent and grim-faced.
3. British English informal very bad, ugly, or unpleasant:
The weather forecast is pretty grim.
They painted a grim picture of what life used to be like there.
a grim industrial town
4. [not before noun] informal ill:
Juliet felt grim through the early months of her pregnancy.
5. hold/hang on for/like grim death British English informal to hold something very tightly because you are afraid

Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

grim

grim [grim grimmer grimmest]   [ɡrɪm]    [ɡrɪm]  adjective (grim·mer, grim·mest)
1. looking or sounding very serious
a grim face/look/smile
She looked grim.
with a look of grim determination on his face
• He set about the task with grim concentration.

grim-faced policemen

2. unpleasant and depressing
grim news
We face the grim prospect of still higher unemployment.
Despite the grim forecast, the number of deaths was slightly down on last year.
The outlook is pretty grim.
This latest attack is a grim reminder of how vulnerable our airports are to terrorist attack.
Booth paints a grim picture of life in the next century.
• a grim struggle for survival

• Things are looking grim for workers in the building industry.

3. (of a place or building) not attractive; depressing
• The house looked grim and dreary in the rain.

• the grim walls of the prison

4. not before noun (BrE, informal) ill/sick

• I feel grim this morning.

5. not usually before noun (BrE, informal) of very low quality
Their performance was fairly grim, I'm afraid!
Idiom: hang on for grim death
Derived Words: grimly  grimness
See also: hang on for dear life  
Word Origin:
Old English, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch grim and German grimm.  
Example Bank:
James had some rather grim news.
The accident serves as a grim reminder of what drinking and driving can do.
• There was a grim smile on her face as she approached.

• They clung on to the edge of the boat with grim determination.

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary - 4th Edition
 

grim / ɡrɪm / adjective ( grimmer , grimmest ) (SERIOUS)

C2 worried and serious or sad:

Her face was grim as she told them the bad news.

The expression on his face was one of grim determination .

Later Mr Ashby left the court, grim-faced and silent.
 

grim / ɡrɪm / adjective ( grimmer , grimmest ) (WITHOUT HOPE)

C2 worrying, without hope:

The future looks grim.
 

grim / ɡrɪm / adjective ( grimmer , grimmest ) informal (UNPLEASANT)

C2 very unpleasant or ugly:

a grim-looking block of flats

Collins Advanced Learner’s English Dictionary

grim

[grɪ̱m]
 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...
  The mood could not have been grimmer.
  Derived words:
  grimness N-UNCOUNT ...an unrelenting grimness of tone.
 2) ADJ-GRADED A place that is grim is unattractive and depressing in appearance.
  The city might be grim at first, but there is a vibrancy and excitement.
  ...the tower blocks on the city's grim edges.
 3) ADJ-GRADED If a person or their behaviour is grim, they are very serious, usually because they are worried about something. [WRITTEN]
  She was a stout, grim woman with a turned-down mouth...
  Her expression was grim and unpleasant.
  Derived words:
  grimly ADV-GRADED `It's too late now to stop him,' Harris said grimly.
 4) ADJ-GRADED 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.

Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary

grim

grim /ˈgrɪm/ adj grim·mer; -mest
1 : unpleasant or shocking to see or think about
• Hikers made a grim discovery when they came across a dead body in the woods.
• The accident serves as a grim reminder of the dangers of drinking and driving.
2 : causing feelings of sadness or worry : gloomy or depressing
• a grim winter
• The prognosis is grim—doctors do not expect her to live longer than six months.
• He paints a grim picture of the prospects for peace.
3 : having a very serious appearance or manner
• His face looked grim, and we knew his news wouldn't be good.
• a grim smile
• a grim taskmaster
4 : strongly felt and serious
grim determination