grievous

[ gree-vuhs ]
/ ˈgri vəs /
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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

OTHER WORDS FROM grievous

Words nearby grievous

grieshoch, grievance, grievance committee, grievant, grieve, grievous, grievous bodily harm, griff, griffa, griffe, griffes

Words related to grievousness

pain, hostility, anguish, sarcasm, harshness, distress, venom, virulence, asperity, mordancy

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British Dictionary definitions for grievousness

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