grimness

Noun

grim=ness

WORDNET DICTIONARY

grimness(n = noun.attribute) ghastliness, gruesomeness, luridness - the quality of being ghastly; Array

is a kind of frightfulness

Derived forms adjective grim₂, adjective grim₄, adjective grim₃

grimness(n = noun.attribute) asperity, hardship, rigor, rigorousness, rigour, rigourousness, severeness, severity - something hard to endure; "the asperity of northern winters"

is a kind of difficultness, difficulty

has particulars: sternness

Derived form adjective grim₁

grimness, n. [AS. grimnes.].

Fierceness of look; sternness; crabbedness; forbiddingness. [1913 Webster]

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