meaning of grievous
1. Causing grief or sorrow; painful; afflictive; hard to bear; offensive; harmful.
2. Characterized by great atrocity; heinous; aggravated; flagitious; as, a grievous sin.
3. Full of, or expressing, grief; showing great sorrow or affliction; as, a grievous cry.
4. 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
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Related Words
grievous | grievous bodily harm | grievously |
