grim
A promiscuous womanA promiscuous woman.
Meaning
3 senses(Multicultural London English, dated, slang)A promiscuous woman.
(countable, obsolete, uncountable)Anger, wrath.
(countable, obsolete, uncountable)A specter, ghost, haunting spirit.
Examples
33 sentencesTom is grim.
Том похмурий. — deniko
ruТом мрачный. — odexed
Don't look so grim.
deSchau nicht so finster drein! — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Tom's prognosis was grim.
The situation is grim.
It's a grim world.
ruЭто безжалостный мир. — odexed
Origin
From Middle English grim, from Old English grimm, from Proto-West Germanic *grimm, from PrFrom 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”).
From Middle English grim, grym, greme, from Old English *grimu, *grimmu, grima, from Proto-Germanic *grimmį̄ (“anger, wrath”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrem- (“to resound, thunder, grumble, roar”). Cognate with Middle Dutch grimme, Middle High German grimme f (“anger”), modern German Grimm m.
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