grim
English
/ɡɹɪm/
adj
Definitions
- dismal and gloomy, cold and forbidding
- rigid and unrelenting
- ghastly or sinister
- disgusting; gross
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English grim (dirt soot covering the face) inherited from Old English grim inherited from Proto-Germanic *grimmaz (grim, fierce) derived from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrem- (thunder, grumble, roar, resound, rub, grind, scrape, tear, scratch), *gʰrem- (thunder, grumble, roar, resound, rub, grind, scrape, tear, scratch).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*gʰrem-
Gloss
thunder, grumble, roar, resound, rub, grind, scrape, tear, scratch
Concept
Semantic Field
The physical world
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
泪, 涙
Emoji
⛈️
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Grim Reaper English
- dark English
- grim-gram English
- grimdark English
- grime English
- grimful English
- grimless English
- grimlike English
- grimliness English
- grimly English
- grimmish English
- grimness English
- grimsir English
- grimsome English
- reaper English
- sir English
- grimmig German
- χρόμαδος Ancient Greek
- χρόμος Ancient Greek
- *gʰrem- Proto-Indo-European
- *gramaz Proto-Germanic
- *gramô Proto-Germanic
- *grimmaz Proto-Germanic
- grim Old English
- grīma Old English
- grim Middle English
- grimful Middle English
- grimnesse Middle English
- grymly Middle English
- grimmr Old Norse
- *grьměti Proto-Slavic
- grim Old High German
- grimmec Middle High German
- *grimm gmw-pro