grim

grim
ɡrim
adjective
1) (horrible; very unpleasant: The soldiers had a grim task looking for bodies in the wrecked houses.) horrible, horroroso, macabro, nefasto
2) (angry; fierce-looking; not cheerful: The boss looks a bit grim this morning.) ceñudo; austero, severo
3) (stubborn, unyielding: grim determination.) inflexible, inexorable
- grimly
- like grim death

grim adj
1. deprimente / negro / triste / preocupante
our future is grim nuestro futuro se presenta negro
2. lúgubre
a grim place un lugar lúgubre
El comparativo de grim se escribe grimmer; el superlativo se escribe grimmest
grim
tr[grɪm]
adjective (comp grimmer, superl grimmest)
1 (serious - person, manner) austero,-a, adusto,-a, severo,-a; (expression, look) ceñudo,-a
2 (unpleasant, depressing - news, picture) horroroso,-a, pesimista; (- prospect, outlook) nefasto,-a, desalentador,-ra; (- reality) crudo,-a, duro,-a
3 (gloomy - landscape, place) lúgubre, sombrío,-a
4 (resolute, unyielding) inflexible, inexorable
with a grim determination con una voluntad de hierro
with a grim smile con una sonrisa sardónica
5 (sinister - joke) macabro,-a
6 familiar (very bad) malísimo,-a, penoso,-a, desastroso,-a; (ill) fatal
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SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL
to hang on like grim death / hold on like grim death aferrarse con todas sus fuerzas, agarrarse con todas sus fuerzas
Grim Reaper la Parca, la muerte
grim ['grɪm] adj, grimmer ; grimmest
1) cruel: cruel, feroz
2) stern: adusto, severo
a grim expression: un gesto severo
3) gloomy: sombrío, deprimente
4) sinister: macabro, siniestro
5) unyielding: inflexible, persistente
with grim determination: con una voluntad de hierro
grim
adj.
austero, -a adj.
ceñoso, -a adj.
desagradable adj.
feroz adj.
fruncido, -a adj.
horroroso, -a adj.
inflexible adj.
severo, -a adj.
torvo, -a adj.
grɪm
adjective -mm-
a) (stern) <person/expression> adusto
b) (gloomy) <outlook/situation> nefasto, desalentador; <landscape> sombrío, lúgubre; <weather> deprimente
c) (unyielding) <struggle> denodado

she carried on with grim determination — siguió adelante, resuelta a no dejarse vencer

with a grim smile — sonriendo a pesar de todo

d) (below par) (colloq)

I feel pretty grim — me siento or me encuentro fatal (fam)

[ɡrɪm] (compar grimmer) (superl grimmest)
1. ADJ
1) (=gloomy) [news, situation, prospect] desalentador; [reminder] duro, crudo; [building, place, town] sombrío, lúgubre

where she made the grim discovery of a body — donde hizo el macabro descubrimiento de un cadáver

the situation looked grim — la situación se presentaba muy negra

to paint a grim picture of sth — pintar un cuadro muy negro de algo

the grim reality — la dura or cruda realidad

the grim truth — la cruda verdad

he gave a grim warning to the British people — hizo una advertencia nada alentadora al pueblo británico

the weather has been grim — el tiempo ha estado deprimente

2) (=stern) [person] adusto; [face, expression] serio, adusto; [smile] forzado

she hung or held on to the rope like grim death — se agarró or aferró a la cuerda como si la vida le fuera en ello

she walked on with grim determination — siguió caminando con absoluta determinación

he looked grim — tenía una expresión seria or adusta

his voice was grim — su voz tenía un tono severo or adusto

3) (=macabre) [humour, joke, story] macabro
4) * (=awful) [experience, effect] espantoso *, penoso *

it was pretty grim — fue bastante espantoso or penoso *

to feel grim — estar or encontrarse fatal *

2.
CPD

the Grim Reaper Nliter la Parca, la muerte

* * *
[grɪm]
adjective -mm-
a) (stern) <person/expression> adusto
b) (gloomy) <outlook/situation> nefasto, desalentador; <landscape> sombrío, lúgubre; <weather> deprimente
c) (unyielding) <struggle> denodado

she carried on with grim determination — siguió adelante, resuelta a no dejarse vencer

with a grim smile — sonriendo a pesar de todo

d) (below par) (colloq)

I feel pretty grim — me siento or me encuentro fatal (fam)


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