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The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009 | Copyright

grim / grim/ • adj. (grim·mer , grim·mest ) forbidding or uninviting: his grim expression long rows of grim, dark housing developments. ∎ (of humor) lacking genuine levity; mirthless; black: some moments of grim humor. ∎ depressing or worrying to consider: the grim news of the murder. ∎ allowing no compromise; stern; relentless: grim determination to succeed. ∎ unrelentingly harsh; merciless or severe: few creatures are able to thrive in this grim and hostile land. PHRASES: like grim death with great determination: we had to hold on like grim death.DERIVATIVES: grim·ly adv. grim·ness n.

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grim

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | | Copyright

grim fierce, cruel OE.; stern or harsh of aspect or demeanour XIV; (of laughter, etc.) unrelenting XVII. OE. = OS. (Du.). OHG. grim (G. grimm), ON. grimmr :- Gmc. *ʒrimmaz, f. *ʒrem- *ʒram- (whence OE. gram angry, gremian make angry) :- IE. *ghrem- *ghrom- (whence Gr. khremizein neigh, OSl. gromí thunder).

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T. F. HOAD. "grim." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>.

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grim

The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable | 2006 | | Copyright

grim Grim Reaper a personification of death in the form of a cloaked skeleton wielding a large scythe; reaper in this sense is recorded from the mid 19th century.
like grim death with great determination.

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ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "grim." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>.

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Grim

The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature | 2003 | | Copyright

Grim, see Havelok the Dane.

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MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Grim." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>.

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grim

Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes | 2007 | Copyright

grim •bedim, brim, crim, dim, glim, grim, Grimm, gym, him, hymn, Jim, Kim, limb, limn, nim, prim, quim, rim, scrim, shim, Sim, skim, slim, swim, Tim, trim, vim, whim •poem • goyim • cherubim • Hasidim •seraphim, teraphim •Elohim • Sikkim • Joachim • prelim •forelimb • Muslim • Blenheim •paynim • minim • pseudonym •homonym • anonym • synonym •eponym • acronym • antonym •metonym • Antrim • megrim •Leitrim • pilgrim • Purim • interim •passim • maxim • kibbutzim •Midrashim • literatim •seriatim, verbatim •victim •system • ecosystem • subsystem •item • Ashkenazim

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