grim
grim
- s not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty
grim determination
grim necessity - s shockingly repellent; inspiring horror
the grim aftermath of the bombing
the grim task of burying the victims - s harshly ironic or sinister
a grim joke
grim laughter - s harshly uninviting or formidable in manner or appearance
a grim man loving duty more than humanity
undoubtedly the grimmest part of him was his iron claw"- J.M.Barrie - s filled with melancholy and despondency
took a grim view of the economy - s causing dejection
grim rainy weather
- April was a grim month in Wei Jianzhong's sooty, barracks-like neighborhood in Zhengzhou, the capital of central Henan province.
- At the White House luncheon table one day last week Anna Eleanor Roosevelt Roosevelt faced a plain, rather grim little woman who spoke only Russian.