## Meanings
1. Worrying, unpleasant, and offering little hope.
2. Looking serious and stern, often because of bad news or hard effort.
3. Determined and unwilling to give up.
4. Very unpleasant or disgusting (informal).

## Examples
- The doctor gave us the grim news quietly.
- His grim expression told us something was wrong.
- With grim determination, she finished the race.
- The kitchen was filthy; it was absolutely grim.

## Derived Forms
- grim-gram
- grim-the-collier
- grimdark
- grimful
- grimless
- grimlike
- grimly
- grimmish
- grimness
- grimsome

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: grim
- Root: *grimu
- Root: *grimmį̄
- Root: *gʰrem-

## Etymology
From Middle English grim, grym, greme, from Old English *grimu, *grimmu, grima, from Proto-Germanic *grimmį̄ (“anger, wrath”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrem- (“to resound, thunder, grumble, roar”). Cognate with Middle Dutch grimme, Middle High German grimme f (“anger”), modern German Grimm m.

## AI Etymology
Grim comes from Middle English grim, grym, greme, from Old English *grimu, *grimmu, grima, from Proto-Germanic *grimmį̄ (“anger, wrath”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrem- (“to resound, thunder, grumble, roar”). Cognate with Middle Dutch grimme, Middle High German grimme f (“anger”), modern German Grimm m. In current use, the main senses are “Worrying, unpleasant, and offering little hope” and “Looking serious and stern, often because of bad news or hard effort”.

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