Grimful

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

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

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

Example

More examples

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

Etymology

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

More for "grimful"

SynonymsSentencesPronunciationTranslate

Next best steps

Find stronger synonymsSee usage examplesCheck pronunciationBrowse writing guides

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.