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1. (adj.) grievous
causing grief or great sorrow:
a grievous loss.
2. grievous
causing serious harm; flagrant; atrocious:
a grievous offense.
3. grievous
characterized by great pain or suffering:
arrested for causing grievous bodily harm.
4. grievous
burdensome or oppressive:
a grievous tax.
5. grievous
full of or expressing grief; sorrowful:
a grievous cry.
Etymology: (1250–1300; ME < OF)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) dangerous, grave, grievous, serious, severe, life-threatening
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"
2. (adj) grievous, heartbreaking, heartrending
causing or marked by grief or anguish
"a grievous loss"; "a grievous cry"; "her sigh was heartbreaking"; "the heartrending words of Rabin's granddaughter"
3. (adj) grave, grievous, heavy, weighty
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"
4. (adj) atrocious, flagitious, grievous, monstrous
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"
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1. (adj) grievous
causing grief or sorrow; painful; afflictive; hard to bear; offensive; harmful
2. (adj) grievous
characterized by great atrocity; heinous; aggravated; flagitious; as, a grievous sin
3. (adj) grievous
full of, or expressing, grief; showing great sorrow or affliction; as, a grievous cry
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Sense: severe or very bad
He was found guilty of inflicting grievous bodily harm (= very serious injuries) on the old man.
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 Afrikaans: ernstige |
 Arabic: مُؤْلِم، موجِع، خَطير |
 Bulgarian: печален |
 Brazilian: severo |
 Czech: vážný, těžký |
 German: schwer |
 Danish: alvorlig; frygtelig |
 Greek: σοβαρός |
 Spanish: severo, grave, de extrema |
 Estonian: raske |
 Farsi: فاحش؛ شدید |
 Finnish: vakava |
 French: grave |
 Hebrew: חָמוּר |
 Hindi: दु:खदायक |
 Croatian: snažan, težak |
 Hungarian: súlyos |
 Indonesian: parah |
 Icelandic: alvarlegur |
 Italian: terribile, atroce |
 Japanese: ひどい |
 Korean: 마음 아픈 |
 Lithuanian: sunkus, didžiulis |
 Latvian: mokošs; smags |
 Malay: parah |
 Dutch: erg, zwaar |
 Norwegian: alvorlig, voldsom |
 Polish: ciężki |
 Persian: فاحش؛ شدید |
 Pashto: ویرناک، غمجن |
 Portuguese: severo |
 Romanian: cumplit |
 Russian: тяжкий |
 Slovak: ťažký |
 Slovenian: resen |
 Serbian: ozbiljan |
 Swedish: allvarlig, svår |
 Thai: รุนแรง; ร้ายกาจ |
 Turkish: üzücü, hazin |
 Taiwanese: 嚴重的 |
 Ukrainian: болісний, тяжкий |
 Urdu: شدید یا بہت سنجیدہ |
 Vietnamese: đau buồn; đau khổ |
 Chinese: 严重的 |
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