Definitions for grievous
ˈgri vəsgriev·ous

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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"

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1. 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.

2. 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(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Grievousadjective

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

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

2. Grievousadjective

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

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

3. Grievousadjective

   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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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. Kedar Joshi:

   The best thing about the world is that it has a mysterious structure and the worst thing is that it has a grievous structure.

2. 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.

3. Katherine Miller:

   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.

4. Ehsan Sehgal:

   Whenever old memories land on the mind runway, whether happy or sad, hurt severally since happy time never returns; whereas, grievous time stays unforgettable.

5. Aeschylus:

   A prosperous fool is a grievous burden.

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