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grim /grɪm/
adjective
- stern and admitting of no appeasement or compromise: grim determination; grim necessity.
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of a sinister or ghastly character; repellent: a grim joke.
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having a harsh, surly, forbidding, or morbid air: a grim man but a just one; a grim countenance.
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fierce, savage, or cruel: War is a grim business.
Origin of grim
Old English 900
Related forms: grimly, adverb; grimness, noun
Source: Dictionary.com
The doctor’s diagnosis was grim.
Perfect sentence Katrin.
The cause of lot illness is grim.
Azim, this is an incorrect usage of “grim.” Try again and use it as an adjective.
Emma has a grim aura so that she seldom had friends at school.
Okay Nia, make sure your verb tenses agree and omit the word “that.” Emma has a grim aura so she seldom has friends at school.