Most grim; superlative form of grim, meaning the most serious, forbidding, or harsh in appearance.
Grim + -est (superlative suffix). Standard English superlative formation.
The grimmest fairy tales were actually the original versions—Disney cleaned them up, but Grimm's 'Little Red Riding Hood' and 'Snow White' were genuinely dark horror stories for children.
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