What does grievous mean?
Definitions for grievous
ˈgri vəsgriev·ous
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Princeton's WordNet
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"
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"
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"
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"
Wiktionary
grievousadjective
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.
grievousadjective
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
Grievousadjective
causing grief or sorrow; painful; afflictive; hard to bear; offensive; harmful
Etymology: [OF. grevous, grevos, LL. gravosus. See Grief.]
Grievousadjective
characterized by great atrocity; heinous; aggravated; flagitious; as, a grievous sin
Etymology: [OF. grevous, grevos, LL. gravosus. See Grief.]
Grievousadjective
full of, or expressing, grief; showing great sorrow or affliction; as, a grievous cry
Etymology: [OF. grevous, grevos, LL. gravosus. See Grief.]
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of grievous in Chaldean Numerology is: 6
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of grievous in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8
Examples of grievous in a Sentence
The best thing about the world is that it has a mysterious structure and the worst thing is that it has a grievous structure.
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.
Kim could try asking the court fora gag order restricting both partiesfrom airing their grievances publicly during the divorce, but I doubt she would be successful, free speech is valued in this country, and Kim would have to show a risk of grievous harm in order to be successful.
Whenever old memories land on the mind runway, whether happy or sad, hurt severally since happy time never returns; whereas, grievous time stays unforgettable.
A prosperous fool is a grievous burden.
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