Definitions for grievous
ˈgri vəsgriev·ous

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. dangerous, grave, grievous, serious, severe, life-threateningadjective

   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. grievous, heartbreaking, heartrendingadjective

   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. grave, grievous, heavy, weightyadjective

   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. atrocious, flagitious, grievous, monstrousadjective

   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"

WiktionaryRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. grievousadjective

   Causing grief, pain or sorrow.

2. grievousadjective

   Serious, grave, dire or dangerous.

3. Etymology: From grieve, from the greven, from the grever, from gravare (which means to burden). Developed in the 13th century.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. GRIEVOUSadjective

   Etymology: gravis, Latin; or from To grieve.

   1. Afflictive; painful; hard to be born.

   To the flesh, as the apostle himself granteth, all affliction is naturally grievous. Richard Hooker, b. v. s. 48.

   Correction is grievous unto him that forsaketh the way, and he that hateth reproof shall die. Prov. xv. 10.

   2. Such as causes sorrow.

   To own a great but grievous truth, though they may quicken and sharpen the invention, they corrupt the temper. Isaac Watts, Improvement of the Mind.

   3. Expressing a great degree of uneasiness.

   He durst not disobey, but sent grievous complaints to the parliament of the usage he was forced to submit to. Edward Hyde.

   4. Atrocious; heavy.

   It was a grievous fault,
   And grievously hath Cæsar answer’d it. William Shakespeare, Jul. Cæsar.

   5. Sometimes used adverbially in low language.

   He cannot come, my lord; he’s grievous sick. William Shakespeare.

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1. grievous

   General Grievous is a character and antagonist in the Star Wars franchise created by George Lucas. Grievous was introduced in the 2003 animated series Star Wars: Clone Wars (voiced by John DiMaggio in the second season and Richard McGonagle in the third season), before appearing through computer-generated imagery in the 2005 live-action film Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith (voiced by Matthew Wood). Wood reprised his role in the 2008 computer animated series Star Wars: The Clone Wars. General Grievous is depicted as a brilliant military strategist who serves as the Supreme Commander of the Confederacy of Independent Systems' Droid Armies during the Clone Wars. He is a powerful Kaleesh cyborg who has mastered all forms of lightsaber combat under the tutelage of Count Dooku to rival the Force abilities of the Jedi of the Galactic Republic. Grievous harbors an intense hatred of the Jedi and gains a reputation as a feared and ruthless Jedi hunter who collects the lightsabers of his fallen victims as trophies. He develops a rivalry with Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi, whom he clashes with numerous times during the war, and is killed by Kenobi during their final confrontation in Revenge of the Sith. The character has become one of the franchise's most iconic villains and his popularity within the Star Wars fandom has earned him a cult following. In addition to the film and the animated series, General Grievous has appeared in various forms of media in the Star Wars Expanded Universe, including novels, comic books and video games. Such works explore his past as a reptilian warlord named Qymaen jai Sheelal who grew to despise the Jedi for causing the plight of his people. A ship crash secretly orchestrated by Count Dooku mortally wounds Grievous and leads to his reconstruction as a cyborg. This origin story was retroactively altered in The Clone Wars, in which it is implied that Grievous willingly augmented his body with cybernetic enhancements to rival the Jedi. Several elements of his original backstory were later reintegrated into the current Star Wars canon.

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1. grievous

   Grievous refers to something that is causing severe pain, suffering, or sorrow. It can also mean something serious, dire or grave, characterized by severe seriousness or solemnity. In some contexts, it may also refer to something outrageously bad or reprehensible.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Grievousadjective

   causing grief or sorrow; painful; afflictive; hard to bear; offensive; harmful

2. Grievousadjective

   characterized by great atrocity; heinous; aggravated; flagitious; as, a grievous sin

3. Grievousadjective

   full of, or expressing, grief; showing great sorrow or affliction; as, a grievous cry

4. Etymology: [OF. grevous, grevos, LL. gravosus. See Grief.]

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of grievous in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of grievous in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of grievous in a Sentence

1. Marcus Aurelius:

   How much more grievous are the consequences of anger than the causes of it.

2. Timothy Ross:

   In terms of bodily harm, it's probably not grievous, but they've torn up a big chunk of change trying to expand beyond the current (Jetstar Asia) businesses based in Vietnam, which is unprofitable, and Singapore, which occasionally flirts with profitability.

3. Deputy Raymond Mattiucci:

   I can’t tell you how many times [Scott and Nash] flat out said we got your back, i made a grievous error believing them.

4. James Comey:

   A number of things had gone on which I can't talk about yet, that made me worry that the department leadership could not credibly complete the investigation and decline prosecution without grievous damage to the American people's confidence in the justice system, and then the capper was -- and I'm not picking on the attorney general, Loretta Lynch, who I like very much -- but her meeting with President Clinton on that airplane was the capper for me, and I then said, you know what, the department cannot, by itself, credibly end this.

5. Jeffrey Goldhagen:

   This is really a grievous assault on children, it's a profound disregard for their health and wellbeing, it's politically motivated, and demonstrates the degree to which individuals will go to advance their political careers even at the expense of the health and wellbeing of children.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=grievous
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Grievous
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=grievous
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grievous
5. ^ ChatGPT
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6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/grievous