Grim - English meaning

adjective

Not friendly or forthcoming; cool and distant.

Usage examples:

They were courteous but faintly aloof

adjective

Not taking part in things, esp. in a way that seems unfriendly

Usage examples:

Is she aloof and arrogant or just shy?, when they argued, i remained aloof.

adjective

(of an area of land) lacking vegetation and exposed to the elements.

Usage examples:

A bleak and barren moor

noun

A small silvery shoaling fish of the carp family, found in eurasian rivers.

Usage examples:

The flies for pike were naturally bigger than the bleaks, so they left me alone and i got some pike.

adjective

Gloomy; depressing.

Usage examples:

The corridors were ill-lit and cheerless

adjective

Not bright or pleasant and making you feel sad

Usage examples:

A cold and cheerless winter afternoon, a bare, cheerless apartment

adjective

Rude in a mean-spirited and surly way.

Usage examples:

It seems churlish to complain

adjective

Rude, unfriendly, and unpleasant

Usage examples:

[ + to infinitive ] they invited me to dinner and i thought it would be churlish to refuse., i chur…

adjective

Offering no means of relaxation and pleasure.

Usage examples:

A comfortless prison

adjective

Without anything that gives physical comfort

adjective

(of handwriting) very small and difficult to decipher.

Usage examples:

His handwriting is crabbed and hideous

verb

Move sideways or obliquely.

Usage examples:

He began crabbing sideways across the roof

verb

Grumble about something petty.

Usage examples:

On picnics, i would crab about sand in my food

noun

A mark, object, or figure formed by two short intersecting lines or pieces (+ or ×).

Usage examples:

Place a cross against the preferred choice

verb

Go or extend across or to the other side of (an area, stretch of water, etc.).

Usage examples:

She has crossed the atlantic twice

adjective

Annoyed.

Usage examples:

He seemed to be very cross about something

adjective

Causing or resulting in a feeling of miserable dejection.

Usage examples:

That thought is too depressing for words

verb

Make (someone) feel utterly dispirited or dejected.

Usage examples:

That first day at school depressed me

adjective

Making you feel unhappy and without hope

Usage examples:

Life is depressing enough, i don’t need depressing movies., my score was depressingly low.

adjective

Gloomy and drab.

Usage examples:

A dingy room

adjective

(of a place or material) dark and unattractive esp. because of being dirty or not cared for

Usage examples:

The stores seemed old and dingy, their lights too dim and their ceilings too low.

adjective

Causing someone to lose determination or confidence; discouraging or dispiriting.

Usage examples:

Her death is particularly disheartening because it was preventable

verb

Cause (someone) to lose determination or confidence.

Usage examples:

The farmer was disheartened by the damage to his crops

adjective

Causing a person to lose confidence, hope, and energy; discouraging

Usage examples:

The new injury, after he had come back from the last, was disheartening.

adjective

Causing a mood of gloom or depression.

Usage examples:

The dismal weather made the late afternoon seem like evening

adjective

Dark and sad, without hope, or very bad

Usage examples:

The trip was a dismal failure.

adjective

Very bad

Usage examples:

In january, after a dismal holiday sales season, the retailer filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy prote…

adjective

Far away in space or time.

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Distant parts of the world

adjective

Far away in space or time

Usage examples:

She dreamed of traveling to distant lands., we could hear the sound of distant thunder.

adjective

Far away

Usage examples:

A distant country, she could hear the distant sound of fireworks exploding.

adjective

Relentlessly severe, stern, or gloomy in manner or appearance.

Usage examples:

A hard, dour, humourless fanatic

adjective

(of a person’s appearance or manner) very serious and sad, and likely to judge people severely

Usage examples:

A dour look

adjective

Lacking brightness or interest; drearily dull.

Usage examples:

The landscape was drab and grey

noun

Fabric of a dull light brown colour.

Usage examples:

A young man dressed in drabs

noun

A slovenly woman.

adjective

Depressingly dull and bleak or repetitive.

Usage examples:

The dreary round of working, eating, and trying to sleep

adjective

Unattractive and having nothing of any interest, and therefore likely to make you sad

Usage examples:

It was a gray, dreary day, with periods of rain.

adjective

Savagely fierce, cruel, or violent.

Usage examples:

A ferocious beast

adjective

Fierce and violent

Usage examples:

Ferocious wild dogs

adjective

Frightening and violent

Usage examples:

A ferocious dog, a ferocious battle, she's got a ferocious (= very bad) temper., the president came…

adjective

Having or displaying an intense or ferocious aggressiveness.

Usage examples:

Fierce fighting continued throughout the day

adverb

Very; extremely.

Usage examples:

He was fierce proud

adjective

Violent and forceful

Usage examples:

Fierce thunderstorms, the city had been under fierce attack., she’s a fierce critic of us policies.…

adjective

Of, containing, or reminiscent of flint.

Usage examples:

Flinty soil

adjective

Made of or like flint

Usage examples:

A flinty material, he looked at me with flinty eyes.

adjective

Unfriendly or threatening in appearance.

Usage examples:

A grim and forbidding building

verb

Refuse to allow (something).

Usage examples:

I can see why phones were forbidden

adjective

Inspiring fear or respect through being impressively large, powerful, intense, or capable.

Usage examples:

A formidable opponent

adjective

Strong and powerful, and therefore difficult to deal with if opposed to you

Usage examples:

There were formidable obstacles to reaching an early settlement of the dispute.

adjective

Dark or poorly lit, especially so as to appear depressing or frightening.

Usage examples:

A gloomy corridor badly lit by oil lamps

adjective

Extremely bad or unpleasant.

Usage examples:

The most godawful row

adjective

Unpleasantly rough or jarring to the senses.

Usage examples:

Drenched in a harsh white neon light

adjective

Unkind or cruel or uncivil

adjective

Unkind or cruel

Usage examples:

Harsh criticism, a harsh winter, harsh lighting

adjective

Not giving or feeling any pleasure or satisfaction; grim or dismal.

Usage examples:

She had to face the thought of a joyless future

adjective

Being without happiness or pleasure

Usage examples:

A joyless marriage

adjective

Suggesting the presence of danger; threatening.

Usage examples:

Our officers encountered menacing looks from teenagers

verb

Be a threat or possible danger to.

Usage examples:

Africa's elephants are still menaced by poaching

adjective

Making you think that someone is going to do something bad

Usage examples:

A menacing look/gesture

adjective

(of a person) wretchedly unhappy or uncomfortable.

Usage examples:

Their happiness made anne feel even more miserable

adjective

Very unhappy, or causing much unhappiness

Usage examples:

They can make your life miserable if they want to., the forecast is for miserable weather today.

adjective

Dark or dull in colour or tone.

Usage examples:

The night skies were sombre and starless

adjective

Having an acid taste like lemon or vinegar.

Usage examples:

She sampled the wine and found it was sour

noun

A drink made by mixing a spirit with lemon or lime juice.

Usage examples:

A rum sour

verb

Make or become sour.

Usage examples:

Water soured with tamarind

adjective

Resembling steel in colour, brightness, or strength.

Usage examples:

A steely blue

adjective

(of a person’s behavior or character) hard and strong as steel

Usage examples:

Only their steely determination to survive kept them going.

adjective

(of a person or their manner) serious and unrelenting, especially in the assertion of authority and exercise of discipline.

Usage examples:

A smile transformed his stern face

noun

The rearmost part of a ship or boat.

Usage examples:

He stood at the stern of the yacht

adjective

Severe

Usage examples:

Sterner punishment may produce better behavior, but i doubt it., he sternly reminded his son to dri…

adjective

Covered with or full of small pieces of rock.

Usage examples:

Rough stony paths

adjective

Containing a lot of stones

Usage examples:

The ground was too stony to be used as a farm., though we begged him, he gave us a stony look and t…

adjective

Demanding that rules concerning behaviour are obeyed and observed.

Usage examples:

My father was very strict

adjective

Limiting people’s freedom to behave as they wish beyond what is usual

Usage examples:

The school is an old-fashioned institution with strict discipline., do you think stricter laws woul…

adjective

Bad-tempered and unfriendly.

Usage examples:

The porter left with a surly expression

adjective

Not wanting to please you or to be friendly

Usage examples:

The clerks in this post office are sullen, surly, and inefficient.

adjective

Having a hostile or deliberately frightening quality or manner.

Usage examples:

Her mother had received a threatening letter

verb

State one's intention to take hostile action against (someone) in retribution for something done or not done.

Usage examples:

How dare you threaten me?

adjective

Expressing the possibility that something unwanted or unpleasant will happen

Usage examples:

Threatening skies meant a storm was coming., she received several threatening phone calls after her…

adjective

Not welcoming or friendly.

Usage examples:

He seems stuffy and unapproachable

adjective

(especially of a place or prospect) not attractive.

Usage examples:

The house was dark and uninviting

adjective

(especially of a place) not attractive

adjective

(of a person) in a very unhappy or unfortunate state.

Usage examples:

I felt so wretched because i thought i might never see you again

adjective

Unhappy or extremely sad

Usage examples:

He looked so ill and wretched as he spoke that he made me feel wretched myself., workers lived in w…