grievous

The country’s grievous past has so thoroughly spoiled the present that even the Constitution has been called into question.
Ghosts of our unsettled past|Robin Givhan|January 26, 2021|Washington Post
If the allegations are false, Cosby has been grievously wronged with his reputation forever tainted.
When Your Comic Hero Is an Alleged Rapist|Doug McIntyre|November 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST
And Bill Weasley remains happily married to Fleur Delacour despite being “grievously scarred from an encounter with a werewolf”.
Shock! Harry Potter Has Gray Hair|Tom Sykes|July 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST
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 Party|Joe McLean|November 11, 2013|DAILY BEAST

Li was sprawled on the kitchen floor with her 5-year-old son, Kevin Zhou, both of them grievously wounded.
Brooklyn Mother, Four Children Allegedly Slain by Jealous Cousin|Michael Daly|October 28, 2013|DAILY BEAST
He was one of the most grievously injured pilots to arrive in Hanoi.
John McCain Pays Tribute to Bud Day|Josh Rogin|July 29, 2013|DAILY BEAST
A full third of the attacking force lay on the ground, dead or grievously wounded.
The Courier of the Ozarks|Byron A. Dunn
Moreover, she had never so thoroughly enjoyed being a girl, and love-making would have bored her grievously.
Ancestors|Gertrude Atherton
I believe they expected to receive a large sum from these relics: how grievously they were disappointed I need not tell.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce|E. R. Billings.
The assailants were grievously embarrassed by stones rolled down upon them and by the fire of the archers.
King Robert the Bruce|A. F. Murison
My failure to accomplish the desired result is grievously exasperating, and I feel deeply humiliated.
Prison Memoirs of an Anarchist|Alexander Berkman

British Dictionary definitions for grievous

grievous

/ (ˈɡriːvəs) /

adjective

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

Derived forms of grievous

grievously, adverbgrievousness, noun

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