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in the PONS Dictionary

grim [grɪm] ADJ

1. grim (forbidding):

grim expression, face
grimmig
grim expression, face
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 <-s> kein pl

2. grim:

grim (very unpleasant) situation
schlimm
grim (horrible) news
entsetzlich
grim (horrible) news
grauenhaft
grim (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 inf
sich acc miserabel [o. elend] fühlen

Phrases:

to hang [or hold] on like grim death dog
sich acc festbeißen
to hang [or hold] on like grim death person
verbissen an etw dat festhalten

Grim ˈReap·er N

the Grim Reaper
der Sensenmann

Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

grim determination
eiserne Entschlossenheit
grim humour [or Am humor]
Galgenhumor m <-s> kein pl
to feel grim fig inf
sich acc miserabel [o. elend] fühlen
the Grim Reaper
der Sensenmann euph
a grim reminder
eine bittere [o. schmerzliche] Erinnerung

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