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grievous
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Grievous
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griev·ous
/
ˈgri
vəs
/
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[
gree
-v
uh
s
]
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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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Origin:
1250–1300;
Middle English
grevous
<
Old French
grevo
(
u
)
s.
See
grieve
,
-ous
Related forms
griev·ous·ly,
adverb
griev·ous·ness,
noun
non·griev·ous,
adjective
non·griev·ous·ly,
adverb
non·griev·ous·ness,
noun
o·ver·griev·ous,
adjective
o·ver·griev·ous·ly,
adverb
o·ver·griev·ous·ness,
noun
Synonyms
1.
distressing, sad, sorrowful, painful.
2.
deplorable, lamentable, calamitous, heinous, flagitious, dreadful, shameful, iniquitous.
Antonyms
1.
delightful.
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World English Dictionary
grievous
(ˈɡriːvəs)
—
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
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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Etymonline
Word Origin & History
grievous
late 13c., from Anglo-Fr. grevous, O.Fr. grevas, from grief "grief" (see
grief
).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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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.
Orchestras have
grievous
problems involving repertory, audience and mission.
Tuesday was a moment to look back and acknowledge our
grievous
losses.
He fumes on about the problems of the coffee industry, and what he calls a
grievous
oversupply of substandard beans.
There is clearly enough indication that it can cause
grievous
harm, not only to humans, but to the entire ecosystem.
The people know that a
grievous
injustice has been committed.
We extend our profound sympathy to his family at their
grievous
loss.
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