grim (grim)

t.; pret. and pp. grimmed, ppr. grimming. [D. MLG. grimmen, be grim, rage; from the adj.] To make grim; give a stern or forbidding aspect to. [Rare.] To withdraw into lurid half-light, grimmed by the shadow of that Red Flag of theirs. Carlyle , French Rev., II. v. 8. grimace (gri-mās'), n. [= D. Sw. grim as = G. Dan. grimace , grimace , OF. grimace (= Sp. grin Hytt shall be as red as any blod, Ouyr all the worlle a grymly flod. Hymns to Virgin , etc. (E. E. T. 8.), p. 118. In came Margarets grimly ghost, And stood at Williams feet. Old song, quoted in Beau. and Fl., Knight of Burning [Pestle, ii. 1. And dark Sir Richard, bravest of the line, With all the grimly scars he won in Palestine. R. H. Stoddard , Castle in the Air. grimazo ), a wry face, a crabbed look; cf. OF. grimly (grim'li), adv . [ grimly , grymly, grimouart , a grimace; appar. grime , cha-- liche , grimlice (= MLG. grime liken (also grined, irritated; prob. of Teut.origin: grimmelicho , grim , grim: see grim , a.] 1. An involuntary or spontaneous distortion of the countenance, expre ive of pain or great discomfort, or of disgust, disdain, or disapproval; a wry face. Then they started from their places, Moved with violence, changed in hue, Caught each other with wild grimaces . Tennyson, Vision of Sin. 2. An affected expre ion of the countenance, intended to indicate interest or cordiality, or petty conceit or arrogance. The Mi Guests were much too well-bred to have any tious vulgarity. George Eliot, Mill on the Flo , vi. 9. 3. Simulation of interest or sincerity; duplicity; hypocrisy. of the grimaces and affected tones that belong to preten This artist is to teach them,... in a word, the whole practice of political grimace . Spectator , No. 305. The Prince read or listened to all this commendation, and valued it exactly at its proper worth. He knew it to be pure grimace . Motley, Dutch Republic, I. 543. = MHG. grim melic he Icel. grimmliga ), God in the gospel grymly repreueth Alle that lakken any lyf and lakkes han hem-selue. Piers Plowman (B), x. 261. We have landed in ill time: the skies look grimly , And threaten present blusters. Shak., W. T., iii. 3.