| grim | Of forbidding or fear-inspiring aspect; fierce; stern; surly; cruel; frightful; horrible. "Whose grim aspect sets every joint a-shaking." (Shak). "The ridges of grim war." (Milton) Synonym: Fierce, ferocious, furious, horrid, horrible, frightful, ghastly, grisly, hideous, stern, sullen, sour. Origin: AS. Grim; akin to G. Grimm, equiv. To G. & D. Grimmig, Dan. Grim, grum, Sw. Grym, Icel. Grimmr, G. Gram grief, as adj, hostile; cf. Gr, a crushing sound, to neigh. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| grimace | A distortion of the countenance, whether habitual, from affectation, or momentary aad occasional, to express some feeling, as contempt, disapprobation, complacency, etc.; a smirk; a made-up face. "Moving his face into such a hideons grimace, that every feature of it appeared under a different distortion." (Addison) "Half the French words used affectedly by Melantha in Dryden's "Marriage a-la-Mode," as innovations in our language, are now in common usa: chagrin, doubleentendre, eclaircissement, embarras, equivoque, foible, grimace, naivete, ridicule. All these words, which she learns by heart to use occasionally, are now in common use." Origin: F, prob. Of Teutonic origin; cf. AS. Grma mask, specter, Ical. Grma mask, hood, perh. Akin to E. Grin. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| grimme | <zoology> A West African antelope (Cephalophus rufilotus) of a deep bay colour, with a broad dorsal stripe of black. Synonym: conquetoon. Origin: Cf. F. Grimme. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |