Definitions for grievous
ˈgri vəsgrievous

Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. dangerous, grave, grievous, serious, severe, life-threatening(adj)

   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, heartrending(adj)

   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, weighty(adj)

   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, monstrous(adj)

   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"

Wiktionary(1.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. grievous(Adjective)

   Causing grief, pain or sorrow.

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

2. grievous(Adjective)

   Serious, grave, dire or dangerous.

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

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Grievous(adj)

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

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

2. Grievous(adj)

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

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

3. Grievous(adj)

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

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

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   Alex

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   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

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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. Book of Proverbs:

   A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.

2. Jeb Bush:

   So eager to be the history-makers, they failed to be the peacemakers, rushing away from danger can be every bit as unwise as rushing into danger, and the costs have been grievous. Bush, a former two-term governor of Florida, vowed to be.

3. Aeschylus:

   A prosperous fool is a grievous burden.

4. 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.

5. 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.

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