B2adjective · rare

grim

grim · grimmer · grimmest

твердий, важкий, міцний

мрачный, зловещий, непреклонный

düster, finster, grimmig, gruselig

Dismal and gloomy, cold and forbiddingDismal and gloomy, cold and forbidding.

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/ɡɹɪm/

» Tom is grim.

Том мрачный.

Том похмурий.

Meaning

5 senses

Dismal and gloomy, cold and forbidding.
Life was grim in many northern industrial towns.
grimmig, düster, finster
мра́чныйmráčnyj
Rigid and unrelenting.
His grim determination enabled him to win.
unbeugsam, unnachgiebig, eisern
непрекло́нныйnepreklónnyj
Ghastly or sinister.
A grim castle overshadowed the village.
gruselig
мра́чныйmráčnyj, злове́щийzlovéščij
harshly ironic or sinister
Disgusting; gross.
– Wanna see the dead rat I found in my fridge? – Mate, that is grim!
(obsolete)Fierce, cruel, furious.

Examples

33 sentences

Tom is grim.
Том похмурий.
ruТом мрачный.
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Don't look so grim.
deSchau nicht so finster drein!
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Tom's prognosis was grim.
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The situation is grim.
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It's a grim world.
ruЭто безжалостный мир.
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Translations

7 languages

Русский

By meaning 3

dismal and gloomy, cold and forbidding:

rigid and unrelenting:

ghastly or sinister:

Deutsch

By meaning 3

dismal and gloomy, cold and forbidding:

rigid and unrelenting:

ghastly or sinister:

Origin

From Middle English grim, from Old English grimm, from Proto-West Germanic *grimm, from Pr

From Middle English grim, from Old English grimm, from Proto-West Germanic *grimm, from Proto-Germanic *grimmaz, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrem- (“to resound, thunder, grumble, roar”).

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