GRIMNESS

asperity, grimness, hardship, rigor, rigour, severity, severeness, rigorousness, rigourousness

(noun) something hard to endure; “the asperity of northern winters”

ghastliness, grimness, gruesomeness, luridness

(noun) the quality of being ghastly

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

grimness (usually uncountable, plural grimnesses)

The characteristic or quality of being grim.

Source: Wiktionary


Grim"ness, n. Etym: [AS. grimnes.]

Definition: Fierceness of look; sternness; crabbedness; forbiddingness.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

28 April 2024

POLYGENIC

(adjective) of or relating to an inheritable character that is controlled by several genes at once; of or related to or determined by polygenes


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Coffee Trivia

International Coffee Day (September 29) is an occasion to promote and celebrate coffee as a beverage, with events occurring in places across the world. A day to promote fair trade coffee and raise awareness for the coffee growers’ plight. Other countries celebrate this event on October 1.

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