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The quality or condition of being dismal or cheerless
“It helped that he tried to leaven the grimness of the news somewhat by avoiding hysteria.”
The quality or condition of having a forbidding atmosphere or environment
“The grimness of the room wrestled with the abundant pleasant sunlight.”
The state or quality of being harsh or difficult to endure
“The army was notorious for the severity of its discipline and the grimness of the conditions in which its soldiers lived.”
The quality or condition of having a stern or serious appearance or countenance
“But there was a grimness in his expression as he pored over the book in the flickering lamplight of the room.”
The quality or condition of being horrific
“It reveals a double visual model, based on the political choice to allow the media to tell the full grimness of war, or to forbid it.”
The quality or condition of being stubborn or unrelenting
“But she is holding on with grimness and is moving ahead.”
The state or fact of imposing strict or severe demands on someone
“There cannot be much happiness in our hearts as we contemplate the kind of enemies we face and the very grimness of the task that lies before us.”
Disagreeable or horrid to have to experience or undergo
Boring in tedious in nature
Great unhappiness or loneliness
The state of being bleak, barren or desolate
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