DictionarygrimPronunciation: (grim), [key] —adj., grim•mer, grim•mest. 1. stern and admitting of no appeasement or compromise: grim determination; grim necessity. 2. of a sinister or ghastly character; repellent: a grim joke. 3. having a harsh, surly, forbidding, or morbid air: a grim man but a just one; a grim countenance. 4. fierce, savage, or cruel: War is a grim business. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
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