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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.
Related forms
griev·ous·ly, adverb
griev·ous·ness, noun
non·griev·ous, adjective
non·griev·ous·ly, adverb
non·griev·ous·ness, noun
EXPANDSynonyms
1. distressing, sad, sorrowful, painful. 2. deplorable, lamentable, calamitous, heinous, flagitious, dreadful, shameful, iniquitous.
1. distressing, sad, sorrowful, painful. 2. deplorable, lamentable, calamitous, heinous, flagitious, dreadful, shameful, iniquitous.
Antonyms
1. delightful.
1. delightful.
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Example Sentences
- The town's women enter a particularly grievous widowhood.
- This is a grievous, self-inflicted wound.
- There is clearly enough indication that it can cause grievous harm, not only to humans, but to the entire ecosystem.
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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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