grievous
Origin of grievous
Synonyms for grievous
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Related Words for grievously
severely, sorely, badly, very, intensely, acutely, grievously, wistfully, sadly, greatly, woefully, gravely, painfully, regrettably, decidedly, quite, deplorably, distressingly, menacingly, perilouslyExamples from the Web for grievously
Contemporary Examples of grievously
If the allegations are false, Cosby has been grievously wronged with his reputation forever tainted.
And Bill Weasley remains happily married to Fleur Delacour despite being “grievously scarred from an encounter with a werewolf”.
Want to know why the Tea Party so eager to grievously wound the Republican Party?
How the Tea Party’s Apocalyptic Politics Are Destroying the Republican PartyJoe McLean
November 11, 2013
Li was sprawled on the kitchen floor with her 5-year-old son, Kevin Zhou, both of them grievously wounded.
He was one of the most grievously injured pilots to arrive in Hanoi.
Historical Examples of grievously
Grievously disordered they appear to be, as Hannah tells me.
Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9)Samuel Richardson
But just then my childish pride was grievously piqued by Philip's criticism.
In the ValleyHarold Frederic
You shall subdue the society which has grievously wronged you, to your own high spirit.
Little DorritCharles Dickens
"I love Laurent as a brother," said she grievously, when her aunt had ceased speaking.
Therese RaquinEmile Zola
What expectations I had formed, and how grievously was I disappointed!
PhaedoPlato
grievous
- very severe or painfula grievous injury
- very serious; heinousa grievous sin
- showing or marked by griefa grievous cry
- causing great pain or sufferinga grievous attack
Word Origin and History for grievously
grievous
c.1300, from Anglo-French grevous (Old French grevos) "heavy, hard, toilsome," from grief (see grief). Legal term grievous bodily harm attested from 1803.