grim

adjective
UK: /ɡrɪm/
US: /ɡrɪm/

  1. Looking or feeling very serious and unfriendly.

    1. He gave me a grim look that scared me a little bit.
    2. The doctor's grim expression told us that the news wasn't good at all.

  2. Unpleasant or ugly.

    1. The house looked grim and abandoned after the storm.
    2. They were living in grim conditions with very little food or clean water.

  3. Very bad, causing worry or unhappiness.

    1. The economic news is grim, with high unemployment numbers.
    2. The future looks grim for many small businesses struggling to survive.

Synonyms

stern severe bleak forbidding ghastly dreadful

Frequently Asked Questions

The word "grim" in English means: Looking or feeling very serious and unfriendly., Unpleasant or ugly., Very bad, causing worry or unhappiness..

The phonetic transcription of "grim" is /ɡrɪm/ in British English and /ɡrɪm/ in American English. Click the 🔊 button to hear both pronunciations.

Synonyms for "grim": stern, severe, bleak, forbidding, ghastly, dreadful.

Example usage of "grim": "He gave me a grim look that scared me a little bit.". More examples on the page.