Adjective “grim”
What are some of the meanings of “grim”?
He
looked terrible in his age.
Would it be “He looked very serious” or “He looked unpleasant and depressing”?
How would you explain context, if these 2 meanings can be used with people?
Dictionary. com: stern
- and admitting no appeasement or compromise: grim determination; grim necessity.
- a sinister character; repellent: A grim joke.
- Having a harsh, surly, forbidding, or morbid air: a grim Man but a just one; A grim countenance.
- Whether it is savage or fierce and cruel war is a grim business.
As you can see by the definitions of grim from dictionary. If anyone doesn’t like how they odb’s one could be right. To determine the correct meaning of a sentence you
want to tell it through context, of course.
Dictionary. com: stern
- and admitting no appeasement or compromise: grim determination; grim necessity.
- a sinister character; repellent: A grim joke.
- Having a harsh, surly, forbidding, or morbid air: a grim Man but a just one; A grim countenance.
- Whether it is savage or fierce and cruel war is a grim business.
As you can see by the definitions of grim from dictionary. If anyone doesn’t like how they odb’s one could be right. To determine the correct meaning of a sentence you
want to tell it through context, of course.
