grievous

[ gree-vuhs ]
/ ˈgri vəs /

adjective

causing grief or great sorrow: grievous news.
flagrant; outrageous; atrocious: a grievous offense against morality.
full of or expressing grief; sorrowful: a grievous cry.
burdensome or oppressive.
causing great pain or suffering: arrested for causing grievous bodily harm to someone in a bar.

Origin of grievous

1250–1300; Middle English grevous < Old French grevo(u)s. See grieve, -ous

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British Dictionary definitions for grievously

grievous
/ (ˈɡriːvəs) /

adjective

very severe or painful a grievous injury
very serious; heinous a grievous sin
showing or marked by grief a grievous cry
causing great pain or suffering a grievous attack

Derived forms of grievous

grievously, adverb grievousness, noun