grimful

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adjective

Characterised by grimness; harsh, wrathful, terrible.

OriginMiddle English grimful ← Old English grimfull →
Scrabble 13
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Meanings

adjectivegrimful (comparative more grimful, superlative most grimful)

comparative more grimful · superlative most grimful

  1. Characterised by grimness; harsh, wrathful, terrible.

    And fist, sledge-hammer like; nor grimful face […]

    1860, Charles Campbell, History of the Colony and Ancient Dominion of Virginia, page 545
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    The greatest favour grimful Death can show Is with swift dart to expedite the blow.

    1870, Thomas Roscoe, The Works of Jonathan Swift

Origin

  1. Old Englishgrimfull“fierce, terrible”
  2. Middle Englishgrimful
  3. Englishgrimful

From Middle English grimful, grymfull, from Old English grimfull (“fierce, terrible”), equivalent to grim (noun) + -ful.

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grimful. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/grimful

MLA

“grimful.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/grimful. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “grimful,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/grimful.

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