grimful

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Adjective[edit]

grimful (comparative more grimful, superlative most grimful)

  1. Characterised by grimness; harsh, wrathful, terrible.
    • 1860, Charles Campbell, History of the Colony and Ancient Dominion of Virginia, page 545:
      And fist, sledge-hammer like; nor grimful face […]
    • 1870, Thomas Roscoe, The Works of Jonathan Swift:
      The greatest favour grimful Death can show Is with swift dart to expedite the blow.
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