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   What is the meaning of the word 'Grim'?

   • The English word 'Grim' comes from the Old English 'grimm', meaning 'fierce, cruel, savage; severe, dire, painful'. The etymology of the word is traced back to Proto-Germanic *grimma- and can also be found in Old Saxon, Old Frisian, Old High German, and German as 'grimm'. There is no connection between the word 'Grimm' and the brothers Grimm.

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   What does it mean if a situation is grim?

   • 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. ...an unrelenting grimness of tone. A place that is grim is unattractive and depressing in appearance.

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   Is 'grim' a German word?

   • Both the English adjective ‘grim’ and the German noun ‘Grimm’ (adj. grimmig) share a common etymology. They both originate from a millennia-old Indo-European root ‘ghrem-’ which has a basic meaning of ‘angry’. It’s a coincidence that the writers’ name is Grimm, but it may have influenced readers' first exposure to the word.

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   What are some examples of grim things?

   • Things that are gloomy, stark, ghastly, and somber are grim. Sunshine, puppies, and rainbows are not grim; zombies, reapers, and mummies are grim. Less scary things like drizzly, foggy days can also be called grim. Two famous uses of the adjective grim are the Grim Reaper and Grimm's Fairy Tales. Mr.

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   Grimm definition: and his brother Wil·helm Karl <source src="https. See examples of GRIMM used in a sentence.

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     Grimhild definition: (in the Volsunga Saga) a sorceress, the...

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     Grimké definition: and her sister Angelina Emily, 1805–79,...

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     Grimes Graves definition: an area of Neolithic flint mines...

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     Grimly definition: in a stern, sinister, fierce, or...

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     Grim Reaper definition: the personification of death as a...

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   Things that are gloomy, stark, ghastly, and somber are grim. Sunshine, puppies, and rainbows are not grim; zombies, reapers, and mummies are grim. Less scary things like drizzly, foggy days can also be called grim. Two famous uses of the adjective grim are the Grim Reaper and Grimm's Fairy Tales. Mr.

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   Definitions of Grimm. noun. the older of the two Grimm brothers remembered best for their fairy stories; also author of Grimm's law describing consonant changes in Germanic languages (1785-1863) synonyms: Jakob Grimm, Jakob Ludwig Karl Grimm. see more.

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   The meaning of GRIM is fierce in disposition or action : savage. How to use grim in a sentence.

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   English Translation of “GRIMM” | The official Collins German-English Dictionary online. Over 100,000 English translations of German words and phrases.

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   Definition of 'Grimm' Grimm in British English. (ɡrɪm ) noun. Jakob Ludwig Karl (ˈjaːkɔp ˈluːtvɪç karl ), 1785–1863, and his brother, Wilhelm Karl (ˈvɪlhɛlm karl ), 1786–1859, German philologists and folklorists, who collaborated on Grimm's Fairy Tales (1812–22) and began a German dictionary.

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   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. Synonyms: terrible, shocking [informal], severe, harsh More Synonyms of grim.