grim

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English word grim comes from Proto-Germanic *grimmaną (To rage, roar, be angry.), Proto-Indo-European *gʰrem-

*grimmaną (Proto-Germanic)

To rage, roar, be angry.

*gʰrem- (Proto-Indo-European)

to rub, grind, scrape

*grimmaz (Proto-Germanic)

Grim, grimly, fierce.

grim (Old English)

Fierce, severe, terrible.

grim (English)

(UK, slang) disgusting; gross. Dismal and gloomy, cold and forbidding. Ghastly or sinister. Rigid and unrelenting.

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