Phrase Hound found 10 phrases and 42 compound words that contain grim. The most common are listed below. Open grim in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 10
- Grim ReaperA personification of Death as an old man, or a skeleton, carrying a scythe, taking souls to the afterlife.
- Grim Reaper paradoxA philosophical problem related to Benardete's paradox, but involving countably many Grim Reapers, each of which will kill the person in question at a certain time (if still alive), taking a certain period of time to do it.
- Grim Reapersplural of Grim Reaper: A personification of Death as an old man, or a skeleton, carrying a scythe, taking souls to the afterlife.
- grim triggerA strategy that always cooperates as long as the opponent does not defect, in which case thereafter the strategy always defects.
- grim-gramThe "Violence Week in Review" cable sent from the US embassy in El Salvador, listing the names of killed and missing persons.
- grim-gramsplural of grim-gram: The "Violence Week in Review" cable sent from the US embassy in El Salvador, listing the names of killed and missing persons.
- it's grim up northA phrase suggesting that the standard of life in the north of England is poor compared to that in the south.
- grim triggersplural of grim trigger: A strategy that always cooperates as long as the opponent does not defect, in which case thereafter the strategy always defects.
- grim-the-collierSynonym of orange hawkweed (Pilosella aurantiaca)
- like grim deathWith savage determination or persistence.
Compound words 42
- grimlyGrim-looking, grim-natured.
- GrimsbyA large town and seaport on the Humber in North East Lincolnshire district, Lincolnshire, England.
- GrimshawA hamlet in Eccleshill civil parish, Blackburn with Darwen borough, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD7024).
- grimnessThe characteristic or quality of being grim.
- grimdarkOf a film, television programme, video game, written work, etc.: having a gloomy, dystopian atmosphere.
- grimsomeCharacterised or marked by grimness; somber
- grimfulCharacterised by grimness; harsh, wrathful, terrible.
- grimmishSomewhat grim.
- grimderpOf a film, television program, video game, written work, etc., being grimdark to the point of being excessive, especially if perceived to be so by in-universe standards.
- grimlikeSynonym of grimly (“grim-looking, grim-natured”).