Definition of grievous Grievous
/gɹiˈvʌs/ - [greevus] - griev•ous
We found 11 definitions of grievous from 5 different sources.
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Adjectivegrievous, grievouser, grievousest |
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| grievous - causing or marked by grief or anguish; "a grievous loss"; "a grievous cry"; "her sigh was heartbreaking"; "the heartrending words of Rabin's granddaughter" | ||
| heartbreaking, heartrending | ||
| grievous - shockingly brutal or cruel; "murder is an atrocious crime"; "a grievous offense against morality"; "a grievous crime"; "no excess was too monstrous for them to commit" | ||
| atrocious, flagitious, monstrous | ||
| evil morally bad or wrong; "evil purposes"; "an evil influence"; "evil deeds" | ||
| grievous - of great gravity or crucial import; requiring serious thought; "grave responsibilities"; "faced a grave decision in a time of crisis"; "a grievous fault"; "heavy matters of state"; "the weighty matters to be discussed at the peace conference" | ||
| grave, heavy, weighty | ||
| of import, important of great significance or value; "important people"; "the important questions of the day" | ||
| grievous - causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm; "a dangerous operation"; "a grave situation"; "a grave illness"; "grievous bodily harm"; "a serious wound"; "a serious turn of events"; "a severe case of pneumonia"; "a life-threatening disease" | ||
| dangerous, grave, serious, severe, life-threatening | ||
| critical marked by a tendency to find and call attention to errors and flaws; "a critical attitude" | ||
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- grievous (a.)
Causing grief or sorrow; painful; afflictive; hard to bear; offensive; harmful. - grievous (a.)
Characterized by great atrocity; heinous; aggravated; flagitious; as, a grievous sin. - grievous (a.)
Full of, or expressing, grief; showing great sorrow or affliction; as, a grievous cry.
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Totally reprehensible.
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