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grim

The correct spelling is grim.

How to pronounce grim

/ɡɹɪm/
noun

IPA: /ɡɹɪm/

Say it like: Gri-m

The correct spelling is grim. Specter, ghost, haunting spirit For example: "Life was grim in many northern industrial towns."

Usage Examples

Life was grim in many northern industrial towns.

His grim determination enabled him to win.

A grim castle overshadowed the village.

Meanings

noun

  1. 1.Specter, ghost, haunting spirit
  2. 2.Anger, wrath.

verb

  1. 1.To make grim; to give a stern or forbidding aspect to.

adjective

  1. 1.Dismal and gloomy, cold and forbidding
  2. 2.Rigid and unrelenting
  3. 3.Ghastly or sinister
  4. 4.Disgusting; gross

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