"grimsome" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Forms: more grimsome [comparative], most grimsome [superlative]
Etymology: From grim + -some. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|grim|some}} grim + -some Head templates: {{en-adj}} grimsome (comparative more grimsome, superlative most grimsome)
  1. Characterised or marked by grimness; somber
    Sense id: en-grimsome-en-adj-J1jnXhvI Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -some

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          "text": "The poor ragged old soul continued to gasp, / Barely puffing out his last grimsome yasp, “You, young plop, are one part Oxygen, / Which fish borrow or steal, / It's here again, gone again. Do you miss it? How do you feel?",
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          "text": "Numb and grimsome. It is a disgrace.",
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          "ref": "2014, Rames J. Bucci, Destiny",
          "text": "The appellation, melancholia, / Rings grimsome cannotations [sic] to the mind / Of fearful lapses caused by constant thought / Of hardships, accusations and forebodings, / Preying to disorient in space / The will to reason and for what one wrought.",
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