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Definition of Grimness
1. Noun. The quality of being ghastly.
Generic synonyms: Frightfulness
Derivative terms: Ghastly, Ghastly, Grim, Grim, Grim, Gruesome, Lurid, Lurid
2. Noun. Something hard to endure. "The asperity of northern winters"
Generic synonyms: Difficultness, Difficulty
Specialized synonyms: Sternness
Derivative terms: Grim, Severe
Definition of Grimness
1. n. Fierceness of look; sternness; crabbedness; forbiddingness.
Definition of Grimness
1. Noun. The characteristic or quality of being grim ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Grimness
1. the quality of being grim [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Grimness
Literary usage of Grimness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Publishers Weeklyby Publishers' Board of Trade (U.S.), Book Trade Association of Philadelphia, American Book Trade Union, Am. Book Trade Association, R.R. Bowker Company by Publishers' Board of Trade (U.S.), Book Trade Association of Philadelphia, American Book Trade Union, Am. Book Trade Association, R.R. Bowker Company (1902)
"Grim enough it is, but its grimness is relieved by the central characters, Captain
Nat, the old, fighting e.\- riverman and his little grandson, Stephen, ..."
2. The Works of Nathaniel Hawthorne by Nathaniel Hawthorne (1891)
"... and rustiness, and grimness, that would not be suspected from the exterior.
Right across the narrow street stands St. Michael's Church with its tall, ..."
3. Cassell's New Biographical Dictionary: Containing Memoirs of the Most by Cassell Publishing Company, Cassell publishing company, pub (1893)
"... of his undoubted genius, the unconventionally and grimness of his works have
greatly militated against his prosperity. ..."
4. The Works of Nathaniel Hawthorne by Nathaniel Hawthorne (1891)
"... and rustiness, and grimness, that would not be suspected from the exterior.
Right across the narrow street stands St. Michael's Church with its tall, ..."
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