grim
adjectivebefore 12th century{ds||1||}
- fierce in disposition or action : savage
- stern or forbidding in action or appearance
- somber, gloomy
grim reaper
noun
grim reaper
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1846
- death especially when personified as a man or skeleton with a scythe
the Grim Reaper
noun
the Grim Reaper
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- death thought of as a man or skeleton holding a scythe and wearing a dark cloak with a hood
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