grim
grim · grims · grimmed · grimming
To make grim; to give a stern or forbidding aspect toTo make grim; to give a stern or forbidding aspect to.
/ɡɹɪm/
Meaning
1 senses(rare)To make grim; to give a stern or forbidding aspect to.
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”).
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Forms
grims, grimming, grimmed, grimmedLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle