【記】g鬼，rim ( n.邊 ) ︰鬼在你的旁邊→冷酷無情的；猙獰可怕的

grim adj.冷酷無情的；猙獰可怕的＝forbidding＝sinister
【參】brim ( n.杯碗等的邊緣；河邊 ) ；prim ( adj.整潔的 )

The future looks grim.
severe, grim, difficult, harsh, rigorous, hard