Definitions
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- adj. comparative form of grim: more grim
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A sort of hinge.
Etymologies
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Examples
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The line of Daka’s mouth hardened, turning his expression grimmer still than before.
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Judy pierced a few strands of spaghetti with her fork, her expression grimmer than anybody’s eating spaghetti should be.
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Nettie could see his face, and she was appalled by an, expression grimmer than any she remembered; it was both harsh, implacable, and stricken, as empty of blood as the countenance on the bed.
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The longer and bloodier the job is, the grimmer will be the determination of the Pledged Allies to exact a recompense.
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The closer you look, the 'grimmer' things appear … hard to say if the timeframe shortening is a good thing or a bad one, theoretically, the sooner the shit storm hits, the sooner it will be over.
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"grimmer" with every affected village aid workers reach.
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Forty years ago, in 1968, that grim and even-grimmer-in-retrospect year of war protests, race riots, taunts and assassinations, our 4-foot-tall citizens would have been justified in thinking that America is a scary place marked by considerable unhappiness and injustice.
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Stocks fell Friday on a grimmer-than-forecast reading from Reuters/University of Michigan's consumer-confidence index, which slipped to 63.2 this month from 66 in July.
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The song was criticized for making Africa sound grimmer than it actually is.
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Related Article S&P Warns on GM, Chrysler Debt The situation is grimmer for individual investors who own GM common stock.
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