grim

grim
adjective
(stern) streng; grimmig [Lächeln, Gesicht, Blick, Schweigen, Humor, Entschlossenheit]; (unrelenting, merciless, severe) erbittert [Widerstand, Kampf, Schlacht]; (sinister, ghastly) grauenvoll [Aufgabe, Anblick, Nachricht]; trostlos [Winter, Tag, Landschaft, Aussichten]

hold or hang or cling on [to something] like grim death — sich mit aller Kraft [an etwas (Dat.)] festklammern

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[ɡrim]
adjective
1) (horrible; very unpleasant: The soldiers had a grim task looking for bodies in the wrecked houses.) schrecklich
2) (angry; fierce-looking; not cheerful: The boss looks a bit grim this morning.) grimmig
3) (stubborn, unyielding: grim determination.) eisern
- academic.ru/32493/grimness">grimness
- grimly
- like grim death
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grim
[grɪm]
adj
1. (forbidding) expression, face grimmig, verbissen
he was \grim-faced as he stared into the camera mit finsterem Blick starrte er in die Kamera
\grim determination eiserne Entschlossenheit
\grim humour [or AM humor] Galgenhumor m
2. (very unpleasant) situation schlimm; (horrible) news entsetzlich, grauenhaft; (inhospitable) landscape unwirtlich
they lived in a \grim flat in a high-rise building sie wohnten in einer trostlosen Wohnung in einem Hochhaus
we were running out of money and things were looking \grim unser Geld wurde knapp und die Lage sah langsam düster aus
a \grim outlook düstere Aussichten
a \grim picture ein trostloses Bild
a \grim reminder eine bittere [o schmerzliche] Erinnerung
to feel \grim (fig fam) sich akk miserabel [o elend] fühlen
3.
to hang [or hold] on like \grim death dog sich akk festbeißen; person verbissen an etw dat festhalten
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[grɪm]
adj (+er)
1) (= terrible) discovery, scene, task, news, story grauenvoll; joke, warning, reminder grauenhaft; situation ernst, trostlos; necessity, truth bitter; (= depressing) building, place, news, story trostlos; prospect trübe, düster; (= stern) person, face, smile, humour, silence, determination grimmig; voice ernst; battle, struggle verbissen, unerbittlich

the grim reality of hospital work —

a grim picture of life in the war zone — ein trostloses Bild vom Leben im Kriegsgebiet

to paint a grim picture of sth — etw in düsteren Farben schildern

to look grim (situation, future) — trostlos aussehen; (person) ein grimmiges Gesicht machen

or humor (US) — Galgenhumor m

to cling or hang on to sth like grim death — sich verzweifelt an etw (dat) festklammern

the Grim Reaper — der Sensenmann

2) (inf: lousy) fürchterlich (inf)

the side effects are pretty grim — die Nebenwirkungen sind ziemlich schlimm

you're looking pretty grim — du siehst ziemlich elend or schlecht aus

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grim [ɡrım] adj (adv grimly)
1. grimmig (Gesicht, Lachen etc)
2. erbittert, verbissen (Kampf, Widerstand etc)
3. grausam, hart, bitter (Wahrheit etc)
4. hart, unerbittlich: death 1, reaper 1
5. grausig (Geschichte, Unfall etc)
6. umg schlimm:
I’ve had a grim day
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adjective
(stern) streng; grimmig [Lächeln, Gesicht, Blick, Schweigen, Humor, Entschlossenheit]; (unrelenting, merciless, severe) erbittert [Widerstand, Kampf, Schlacht]; (sinister, ghastly) grauenvoll [Aufgabe, Anblick, Nachricht]; trostlos [Winter, Tag, Landschaft, Aussichten]

hold or hang or cling on [to something] like grim death — sich mit aller Kraft [an etwas (Dat.)] festklammern

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adj.
grimmig adj.
makaber adj.

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