Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: grim
IPA transcription: [ɡɹ'ɪm]
Pronunciations of grim
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adverb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: grim, inexorable, relentless, stern, unappeasable, unforgiving, unrelenting
    Meaning: not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty; "grim determination"; "grim necessity"; "Russia's final hour, it seemed, approached with inexorable certainty"; "relentless persecution"; "the stern demands of parenthood"
  • Synonyms: ghastly, grim, grisly, gruesome, macabre, sick
    Meaning: shockingly repellent; inspiring horror; "ghastly wounds"; "the grim aftermath of the bombing"; "the grim task of burying the victims"; "a grisly murder"; "gruesome evidence of human sacrifice"; "macabre tales of war and plague in the Middle ages"; "macabre tortures conceived by madmen"
  • Synonyms: black, grim, mordant
    Meaning: harshly ironic or sinister; "black humor"; "a grim joke"; "grim laughter"; "fun ranging from slapstick clowning ... to savage mordant wit"
  • Synonyms: dour, forbidding, grim
    Meaning: harshly uninviting or formidable in manner or appearance; "a dour, self-sacrificing life"; "a forbidding scowl"; "a grim man loving duty more than humanity"; "undoubtedly the grimmest part of him was his iron claw"- J.M.Barrie
Usage examples
  • Once Grim is lucky.
  • The Inspector's tone was grim.
  • Grim only once moved her tail.
  • Out of one of these Grim had come.
  • Grim was among the fortunate ones.
  • Now Grim's strength returns once more.
  • The desolate and grim old man did not relax.
  • Tode saw his grim look and laughed malignantly.
  • On his face there came a grim and hopeless look.
  • His mood was taciturn; his face grim and sneering.
0. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Grim Fandango, License CC BY-SA 4.0
1. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Kindred (novel), License CC BY-SA 4.0