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.

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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
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Words related to grievously

severely, sorely, badly, very, intensely, acutely, wistfully, sadly, greatly, woefully, gravely, painfully, regrettably, decidedly, quite, deplorably, distressingly, menacingly, perilously, precariously

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British Dictionary definitions for grievously

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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