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grim

 
/ɡrɪm/ adj (grimmer, grimmest)

Definition

worrying and bad: grim news
sad and serious: a grim expression
A grim place is ugly and unpleasant.
(Definition of grim adj from the Cambridge Essential Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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