different between grim vs dreadful
grim
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /???m/
- Rhymes: -?m
Etymology 1
From Middle English grim, from Old English grim, grimm, from Proto-West Germanic *grimm, from Proto-Germanic *grimmaz, from Proto-Indo-European *g?rem- (“to resound, thunder, grumble, roar”). Noun sense derives from adjective, from 1620s.
Adjective
grim (comparative grimmer, superlative grimmest)
- dismal and gloomy, cold and forbidding
- Life was grim in many northern industrial towns.
- rigid and unrelenting
- His grim determination enabled him to win.
- ghastly or sinister
- A grim castle overshadowed the village.
- 2012 March 22, Scott Tobias, “The Hunger Games”, in AV Club:
- In movie terms, it suggests Paul Verhoeven in Robocop/Starship Troopers mode, an R-rated bloodbath where the grim spectacle of children murdering each other on television is bread-and-circuses for the age of reality TV, enforced by a totalitarian regime to keep the masses at bay.
- disgusting; gross
- - Wanna see the dead rat I found in my fridge?
- Mate, that is grim!
- - Wanna see the dead rat I found in my fridge?
Derived terms
Translations
Noun
grim (plural grims)
- (obsolete) specter, ghost, haunting spirit
Verb
grim (third-person singular simple present grims, present participle grimming, simple past and past participle grimmed)
- (transitive, rare) To make grim; to give a stern or forbidding aspect to.
Etymology 2
From Middle English grim, grym, greme, from Old English *grimu, *grimmu, from Proto-Germanic *grimm?? (“anger, wrath”), from Proto-Indo-European *g?rem- (“to resound, thunder, grumble, roar”). Cognate with Middle Dutch grimme, Middle High German grimme f (“anger”), modern German Grimm m.
Noun
grim (uncountable)
- (archaic) Anger, wrath.
Derived terms
- grimful
- grimless
Danish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [????m?]
Etymology
From Old Norse grimmr, from Proto-Germanic *grimmaz.
Adjective
grim
- ugly, unsightly
- nasty
Inflection
Kalasha
Verb
grim
- taking
Old English
Alternative forms
- grimm
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *grimm.
Cognate with Old Saxon grim, Old High German grim (German grimm, grimmig), Old Norse grimmr (Danish grim, Swedish grym); and with Greek ??????? (chremízo), Old Church Slavonic ??????? (gr?m?ti) (Russian ???????? (gremét?)), Latvian gremt.
Perhaps related in Old Norse to veiled or hooded, Grim is also an alternate name for Odin, who often went around disguised; compare the hooded appearance of The Grim Reaper.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?rim/
Adjective
grim
- fierce, severe, terrible, savage, cruel, angry
Declension
Descendants
- Middle English: grim
- Scots: grim
- English: grim
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dreadful
English
Alternative forms
- dreadfull
- dredful (obsolete)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?d??d.f?l/
Etymology
From Middle English dredful, dredfull, dredeful (also dreful), equivalent to dread +? -ful.
Adjective
dreadful (comparative more dreadful, superlative most dreadful)
- Full of something causing dread, whether
- Genuinely horrific, awful, or alarming; dangerous, risky.
- 1900, L. Frank Baum, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Chapter 23:
- "...Aunt Em will surely think something dreadful has happened to me, and that will make her put on mourning..."
- 1900, L. Frank Baum, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Chapter 23:
- (hyperbolic) Unpleasant, awful, very bad (also used as an intensifier).
- 1682, T. Creech's translation of Lucretius, De Natura Rerum, Book II, 52:
- Here some... Look dreadful gay in their own sparkling blood.
- 1682, T. Creech's translation of Lucretius, De Natura Rerum, Book II, 52:
- (obsolete) Awesome, awe-inspiring, causing feelings of reverence.
- Genuinely horrific, awful, or alarming; dangerous, risky.
- (obsolete) Full of dread, whether
- Scared, afraid, frightened.
- Timid, easily frightened.
- Reverential, full of pious awe.
Adverb
dreadful (comparative more dreadful, superlative most dreadful)
- (informal) Dreadfully.
Usage notes
The senses of "dreadful" synonymous with "afraid" similarly use the infinitive or the preposition "of": they were dreadful to build or the boy was dreadful of his majesty. These senses are, however, now obsolete.
When used as an intensifier, "dreadful" is actually a form of the adverb "dreadfully" and thus considered informal or vulgar.
Synonyms
- See Thesaurus:frightening
- See Thesaurus:bad
Derived terms
- dreadfully
- dreadfulness
Translations
Noun
dreadful (plural dreadfuls)
- A shocker: a report of a crime written in a provokingly lurid style.
- A journal or broadsheet printing such reports.
- A shocking or sensational crime.
Derived terms
- penny dreadful
Further reading
- Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.
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