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grievous

/'gr/i/v/@/s/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

adjective

  1. Causing grief or sorrow; painful; afflictive; hard to bear; offensive; harmful.

    adjective

    Source: webster1913

adjective satellite

  1. causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm

    adj.all

    Examples
    Grievous bodily harm.
    Synonyms dangerous grave life-threatening serious severe

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  2. causing or marked by grief or anguish

    adj.all

    Examples
    A grievous loss.
    A grievous cry.
    Synonyms heartbreaking heartrending

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  3. of great gravity or crucial import; requiring serious thought

    adj.all

    Examples
    A grievous fault.
    Synonyms grave heavy weighty

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  4. shockingly brutal or cruel

    adj.all

    Examples
    A grievous offense against morality.
    A grievous crime.
    Synonyms atrocious flagitious monstrous

    Source: WordNet 3.0

Nearby words

grievablegrievancegrievancergrievegrievergrievinggrievous bodily harmgrievouslygriffgriffegriffingriffith

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