grimness

Noun

WordNet 3.0

Noun (2)

  1. the quality of being ghastlySynonyms: ghastlinessgruesomenessluridness
  2. something hard to endure“the asperity of northern winters”Synonyms: asperityhardshiprigorrigourseverityseverenessrigorousnessrigourousness
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Grimness \Grim"ness\, n. [AS. grimnes.] Fierceness of look; sternness; crabbedness; forbiddingness. [1913 Webster]
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