Tra từ grim - Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

grim [grim grimmer grimmest] BrE [ɡrɪm] NAmE [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.