grim

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grim
[grɪm]
adjetivo
1desolador(ora) (news, prospects, landscape); sombrío(a) (mood); duro(a) (reality); adusto(a) (expression, smile)
  • he showed grim determination -> se mostró completamente resuelto
  • to hold on like grim death -> agarrarse como si le fuera a uno la vida en ello
  • to look grim -> tener cara de pocos amigos; (serious) tener muy mala cara (ill)
  • how do you feel? — pretty grim! (familiar) -> ¿cómo te sientes? — ¡fatal! (español de España), ¡pésimo! (Am)

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grim [grim]
adjetivo
1Disforme, horrendo.
2Torvo, ceñudo, severo, regañón.
3Inflexible; formidable.

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grim [ɡrɪm] grimmer (comparative)grimmest (superlative)
adjective
1 (gloomy) [+news, situation, prospect] desalentador
There was further grim economic news yesterday The weather has worsened an already grim situation with thousands of Muslims trapped in snow-covered mountains
 [+reminder] duro; crudo; [+building, place, town] sombrío; lúgubre
where she made the grim discovery of a bodydiscovery donde hizo el macabro descubrimiento de un cadáver
the situation looked grimlooked la situación se presentaba muy negra
to paint a grim picture of sthpicture pintar un cuadro muy negro de algo
the grim realityreality la dura cruda realidad;or
the grim truthtruth la cruda verdad
he gave a grim warning to the British peoplewarning hizo una advertencia nada alentadora al pueblo británico
the weather has been grimweather el tiempo ha estado deprimente
2 (stern) [+person] adusto; [+face, expression] serio; adusto; [+smile] forzado
she hung held on to the rope like grim deathordeath se agarró aferró a la cuerda como si la vida le fuera en ello;or
she walked on with grim determinationdetermination siguió caminando con absoluta determinación
he looked grimlooked tenía una expresión seria adusta;or
The Duke looked grim as he walked towards me
his voice was grimvoice su voz tenía un tono severo adusto;or
3 (macabre) [+humour, joke, story] macabro
There was a grim humour in their exchange of insults
4 (informal) (awful) [+experience, effect] espantoso; (informal) penoso; (informal)
it was pretty grim fue bastante espantoso penoso;or (informal) to feel grim estar encontrarse fatal;or (informal)
modifier
the Grim Reaper (n) (literary) la Parca; la muerte
Richard Ledsham wants to postpone his meeting with the grim reaper

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