grievous
Use Grievous in a sentence
vəs adjective
1.
causing grief or great sorrow: grievous news.
2.
flagrant; outrageous; atrocious: a grievous offense against morality.
3.
full of or expressing grief; sorrowful: a grievous cry.
4.
burdensome or oppressive.
5.
causing great pain or suffering: arrested for causing grievous bodily harm to someone in a bar.
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| —adj | |
| 1. | very severe or painful: a grievous injury |
| 2. | very serious; heinous: a grievous sin |
| 3. | showing or marked by grief: a grievous cry |
| 4. | causing great pain or suffering: a grievous attack |
| 'grievously | |
| —adv | |
| 'grievousness | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
grievous
late 13c., from Anglo-Fr. grevous, O.Fr. grevas, from grief "grief" (see grief).
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Example sentences
He was appalled to find his country, largely through his own grievous miscalculations, at war with Britain.
Poverty and poor health are grievous problems for many communities.
The members knew that grievous wounds had been opened by the war, and it would take much time for them to heal.
The town's women enter a particularly grievous widowhood.
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