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Meaning of 'grievous' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Grievous [ a.]
- Causing grief or sorrow; painful; afflictive; hard to bear; offensive; harmful.
- Characterized by great atrocity; heinous; aggravated; flagitious; as, a grievous sin.
- Full of, or expressing, grief; showing great sorrow or affliction; as, a grievous cry.

Meaning of 'grievous' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . grievous [ s]
Meaning (1):
- causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm
Example in sentence:
  • a dangerous operation;
  • a grave illness;
  • a grave situation;
  • a life-threatening disease;
  • a serious turn of events;
  • a serious wound;
  • a severe case of pneumonia;
  • grievous bodily harm
Meaning (2):
- shockingly brutal or cruel
Example in sentence:
  • a grievous crime;
  • a grievous offense against morality;
  • murder is an atrocious crime;
  • no excess was too monstrous for them to commit
Meaning (3):
- causing or marked by grief or anguish
Example in sentence:
  • a grievous cry;
  • a grievous loss;
  • her sigh was heartbreaking;
  • the heartrending words of Rabin's granddaughter
Meaning (4):
- of great gravity or crucial import; requiring serious thought
Example in sentence:
  • a grievous fault;
  • faced a grave decision in a time of crisis;
  • grave responsibilities;
  • heavy matters of state;
  • the weighty matters to be discussed at the peace conference

Nearby Words:

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