The meaning of GRIM is stern or forbidding in action or appearance. How to use grim in a sentence.

GRIM definition: stern and admitting of no appeasement or compromise. See examples of grim used in a sentence.

GRIM meaning: 1. extremely bad, worrying, or without hope: 2. worried and serious or sad: 3. very unpleasant or…. Learn more.

Definition of grim adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

grim (grɪm) adj. grim•mer, grim•mest. 1. stern and admitting of no compromise; harsh; unyielding: grim determination. 2. of a sinister or ghastly character: a grim joke. 3. having a harsh, surly, forbidding, or …

Grim, Old Norse Grímr, from the Norse saga Gríms saga loðinkinna The name of two brothers and two drinking horns in the short Icelandic saga Helga þáttr Þórissonar Church grim, a spectral black dog …

grim, adj. & adv. meanings, etymology, pronunciation and more in the Oxford English Dictionary

unyielding: grim determination; a grim look. of a sinister or ghastly character: a grim murder mystery; a grim joke. fierce, savage, or cruel: War is a grim business. unpleasant: Things will get pretty grim for …

Dec 26, 2025 · grim (third-person singular simple present grims, present participle grimming, simple past and past participle grimmed) (transitive, rare) To make grim; to give a stern or forbidding aspect to.

GRIM meaning: 1 : unpleasant or shocking to see or think about; 2 : causing feelings of sadness or worry gloomy or depressing