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Definition of Grievous
1. Adjective. Causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm. "A life-threatening disease"
Exact synonyms: Dangerous, Grave, Life-threatening, Serious, Severe
Similar to: Critical
Derivative terms: Dangerousness, Seriousness, Severeness
Similar to: Critical
Derivative terms: Dangerousness, Seriousness, Severeness
2. Adjective. Causing or marked by grief or anguish. "The heartrending words of Rabin's granddaughter"
3. Adjective. Of great gravity or crucial import; requiring serious thought. "The weighty matters to be discussed at the peace conference"
Exact synonyms: Grave, Heavy, Weighty
Similar to: Important, Of Import
Derivative terms: Graveness, Gravity, Weight, Weightiness
Similar to: Important, Of Import
Derivative terms: Graveness, Gravity, Weight, Weightiness
4. Adjective. Shockingly brutal or cruel. "No excess was too monstrous for them to commit"
Exact synonyms: Atrocious, Flagitious, Monstrous
Similar to: Evil
Derivative terms: Atrociousness, Atrocity, Atrocity, Monster, Monstrosity
Similar to: Evil
Derivative terms: Atrociousness, Atrocity, Atrocity, Monster, Monstrosity
Definition of Grievous
1. a. Causing grief or sorrow; painful; afflictive; hard to bear; offensive; harmful.
Definition of Grievous
1. Adjective. Causing grief, pain or sorrow. ¹
2. Adjective. Serious, grave, dire or dangerous. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Grievous
1. causing grief [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Grievous
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