grimness
Plural: grimnesses
Noun
- The quality or state of being severe, stern, or depressing.
- the quality of being ghastly
- something hard to endure
- The characteristic or quality of being grim.
Examples
- The grimness of her opponent’s expression revealed his poor tile draw.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English grimnesse, from Old English grimnes (“severity, fierceness, cruelty”), equivalent to grim + -ness.
Synonyms
asperity, ghastliness, gruesomeness, hardship, luridness, rigor, rigorousness, rigour, rigourousness, severeness, severity
Scrabble Score: 11
grimness: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordgrimness: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
grimness: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary