grim
/grɪm/adjective
1grimmer, grimmest
forbidding or uninviting严厉的; 令人生畏的; 不吸引人的; 令人不快的：his grim expression
他阴冷的表情
long rows of grim, dark housing developments.
一排排长长的令人感到压抑的、灰暗的新建住宅楼。
1.1
- (of humour) lacking genuine levity; mirthless; black（情绪）低落的; 不快乐的; 郁闷的：
some moments of grim humour.
闷闷不乐的时刻。
1.2
- unappealing or unattractive无吸引力的, 沉闷的：
a grim goalless draw in appalling weather.
出现在糟糕天气里的一场零比零的平局。
1.3
- depressing or worrying to consider使人沮丧的; 令人担忧的：
the grim news of the murder.
关于谋杀的令人担忧的消息。
1.4
- unrelentingly harsh; merciless or severe无情的, 残忍的; 严酷的：
few creatures are able to thrive in this grim and hostile land.
很少有生命能在这片条件极其恶劣的土地上生长繁衍。
短语
like（或for）grim death
- with great determination坚韧不拔地：
we had to hold on like grim death.
我们必须顽强地坚持下去。
派生词
grimly
adverbgrimness
noun词源
Old English， of Germanic origin; related to Dutch grim and German grimm.