Grim
adjective
Looking or feeling very serious.
She had a grim look on her face.
Often appears as...
- grim reality
- grim outlook
adjective
Unattractive or disturbing.
The house looked grim and uninviting.
Often appears as...
- grim scene
- grim setting
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Disapproving
adjective
Causing fear or distress.
He faced the grim reality of his situation.
Often appears as...
- grim fact
- grim news
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Disapproving
adjective
Harsh and unyielding.
She made a grim effort to control her anger.
Often appears as...
- grim battle
- grim determination
adjective
Looking or feeling very serious.
She had a grim look on her face.
Often appears as...
- grim reality
- grim outlook
adjective
Unattractive or disturbing.
The house looked grim and uninviting.
Often appears as...
- grim scene
- grim setting
Usage tips
Disapproving
adjective
Causing fear or distress.
He faced the grim reality of his situation.
Often appears as...
- grim fact
- grim news
Usage tips
Disapproving
adjective
Harsh and unyielding.
She made a grim effort to control her anger.
Often appears as...
- grim battle
- grim determination
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Pro Tip 1/2Facial Expressions
Often paired with descriptions of facial expressions to convey serious displeasure or concern.
His grim frown made everyone go silent.
Pro Tip 2/2Serious Outcome
Indicates an outcome that is not favorable or happy, with potential negative consequences.
The judge's decision cast a grim shadow over the family.
Pro Tip 1/2Facial Expressions
Often paired with descriptions of facial expressions to convey serious displeasure or concern.
His grim frown made everyone go silent.
Pro Tip 2/2Serious Outcome
Indicates an outcome that is not favorable or happy, with potential negative consequences.
The judge's decision cast a grim shadow over the family.
Pro Tip 1/2Facial Expressions
Often paired with descriptions of facial expressions to convey serious displeasure or concern.
His grim frown made everyone go silent.
Pro Tip 2/2Serious Outcome
Indicates an outcome that is not favorable or happy, with potential negative consequences.
The judge's decision cast a grim shadow over the family.
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The nightmare videos of...
because each of these systems is educational. That's what I'm hopeful about, about even this really grim stuff, that if you can take it and look at it properly, it's actually in itself a piece of education that allows you to start seeing how complex systems come together and work and maybe be able to apply that knowledge elsewhere in the world. James, it's such an important discussion,
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Finding Baby Seals on an...
It will inject this enzyme deep into the the body, Which will sort of digest it for it and turn it into a liquid soup. And then it has this tube structure thing called a proboscis, which it uses to suck out all that liquid soup. Pretty grim for the barnacles and mussels, but quite a cool little animal.
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The voices in my head PIPE...
And to be fair, I was desperate for interest and help, and I began to tell him about my strange commentator. And I always wish, at this point, the voice had said, "She is digging her own grave." I was referred to a psychiatrist, who likewise took a grim view of the voice's presence,
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Dead stuff: The secret...
and expel digestive waste before dying and leaving their remains to decay. All that death sounds grim, right? But it's not. All detritus is ultimately consumed by microbes and other scavengers, so it actually forms the base of the brown food chain that supports many other organisms,
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Fatal Encounter with...
It's pretty grim, not the sort of thing you can show on any screen. The baboon slowly ate the baby alive as it bleated for its mother, and that's the image and memory I have. In the space of maybe 5 minutes I witness the full, gruesome circle of life.
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Learning a new language...
which change their sound from words word depending on where they are in the way it's absolutely ridiculous anyway moving swiftly on now as someone who spent twenty to twenty five years of their professional life in rather grim
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Why should you read...
and found artists struggling to find meaning in devastation. The absurdists deconstructed plot, character and language to question their meaning and share their profound uncertainty on stage. While this may sound grim,
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After billions of years...
Which was the right thing to do, as it turns out. Even though their actual explanations, their myths, were largely false. Some tried to explain the grimness and monotony of their world
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Yuval Noah Harari...
life was very grim but when you looked at the propaganda posters on the walls that depicted the glorious future you were there you looked at the posters which showed
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The Global Spermageddon...
but how much longer can they keep up? What would a post-sperm world look like? Looks like I picked the wrong week to stop drinking. Things are grim.
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The nightmare videos of...
because each of these systems is educational. That's what I'm hopeful about, about even this really grim stuff, that if you can take it and look at it properly, it's actually in itself a piece of education that allows you to start seeing how complex systems come together and work and maybe be able to apply that knowledge elsewhere in the world. James, it's such an important discussion,
Video examples
Finding Baby Seals on an...
It will inject this enzyme deep into the the body, Which will sort of digest it for it and turn it into a liquid soup. And then it has this tube structure thing called a proboscis, which it uses to suck out all that liquid soup. Pretty grim for the barnacles and mussels, but quite a cool little animal.
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The voices in my head PIPE...
And to be fair, I was desperate for interest and help, and I began to tell him about my strange commentator. And I always wish, at this point, the voice had said, "She is digging her own grave." I was referred to a psychiatrist, who likewise took a grim view of the voice's presence,
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Dead stuff: The secret...
and expel digestive waste before dying and leaving their remains to decay. All that death sounds grim, right? But it's not. All detritus is ultimately consumed by microbes and other scavengers, so it actually forms the base of the brown food chain that supports many other organisms,
Video examples
Fatal Encounter with...
It's pretty grim, not the sort of thing you can show on any screen. The baboon slowly ate the baby alive as it bleated for its mother, and that's the image and memory I have. In the space of maybe 5 minutes I witness the full, gruesome circle of life.
Video examples
Learning a new language...
which change their sound from words word depending on where they are in the way it's absolutely ridiculous anyway moving swiftly on now as someone who spent twenty to twenty five years of their professional life in rather grim
Video examples
Why should you read...
and found artists struggling to find meaning in devastation. The absurdists deconstructed plot, character and language to question their meaning and share their profound uncertainty on stage. While this may sound grim,
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After billions of years...
Which was the right thing to do, as it turns out. Even though their actual explanations, their myths, were largely false. Some tried to explain the grimness and monotony of their world
Video examples
Yuval Noah Harari...
life was very grim but when you looked at the propaganda posters on the walls that depicted the glorious future you were there you looked at the posters which showed
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The Global Spermageddon...
but how much longer can they keep up? What would a post-sperm world look like? Looks like I picked the wrong week to stop drinking. Things are grim.
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Stewart Lee
English Comedian
You get annoyed about things in real life, and then the tragic thing is that while you are moaning on the awful injustice and suffering of something, something grimly comic will then strike you about it, like a parasite feeding off the misery of the world.
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Allen Iverson
American Athlete
My friend... used to tease me about a tattoo I had right here, but it was so big, and what he was teasing me about - he said it looked like a flying monkey. It's supposed to have been a grim reaper holding a ball. But it did look like a monkey.
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Marilyn Monroe
American Actress
When I was five, I think, that's when I started wanting to be an actress. I loved to play. I didn't like the world around me because it was kind of grim, but I loved to play house. It was like you could make your own boundaries.
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H. P. Lovecraft
American Novelist
The reason why time plays a great part in so many of my tales is that this element looms up in my mind as the most profoundly dramatic and grimly terrible thing in the universe.
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Neena Gupta
Indian Actress
I've realised that nothing that happens is so grim that life can't go on. Life always goes on, no matter what. Even in the grimmest situation, I see hope.
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Danielle Colby
American Celebrity
When everything else is looking so grim and the world is changing so fast that it's scary, one thing that remains consistent is kindness.
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Christopher Lee
English Actor
We don't live in a particularly attractive world. I don't really remember, except as a small boy, anything but a pretty grim world.
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Del Close
American Actor
It's a grim business, this being funny. Every time you come up with a strong, satiric idea, the world tops it.
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Madeleine Albright
American Statesman
Life is grim, and we don't have to be grim all the time.
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Graham Norton
Irish Celebrity
My life could have been so grim... really, really grim.
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Stewart Lee
English Comedian
You get annoyed about things in real life, and then the tragic thing is that while you are moaning on the awful injustice and suffering of something, something grimly comic will then strike you about it, like a parasite feeding off the misery of the world.
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Allen Iverson
American Athlete
My friend... used to tease me about a tattoo I had right here, but it was so big, and what he was teasing me about - he said it looked like a flying monkey. It's supposed to have been a grim reaper holding a ball. But it did look like a monkey.
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Marilyn Monroe
American Actress
When I was five, I think, that's when I started wanting to be an actress. I loved to play. I didn't like the world around me because it was kind of grim, but I loved to play house. It was like you could make your own boundaries.
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H. P. Lovecraft
American Novelist
The reason why time plays a great part in so many of my tales is that this element looms up in my mind as the most profoundly dramatic and grimly terrible thing in the universe.
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Neena Gupta
Indian Actress
I've realised that nothing that happens is so grim that life can't go on. Life always goes on, no matter what. Even in the grimmest situation, I see hope.
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Danielle Colby
American Celebrity
When everything else is looking so grim and the world is changing so fast that it's scary, one thing that remains consistent is kindness.
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Christopher Lee
English Actor
We don't live in a particularly attractive world. I don't really remember, except as a small boy, anything but a pretty grim world.
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Del Close
American Actor
It's a grim business, this being funny. Every time you come up with a strong, satiric idea, the world tops it.
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Madeleine Albright
American Statesman
Life is grim, and we don't have to be grim all the time.
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Graham Norton
Irish Celebrity
My life could have been so grim... really, really grim.
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