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Grievous

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Definitions for Grievous

adjective
causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm
Synonyms
dangerous grave serious severe life-threatening
Examples
  1. a dangerous operation
  2. a grave situation
  3. a grave illness
  4. grievous bodily harm
  5. a serious wound
  6. a serious turn of events
  7. a severe case of pneumonia
  8. a life-threatening disease
adjective
causing or marked by grief or anguish
Synonyms
heartbreaking heartrending
Examples
  1. a grievous loss
  2. a grievous cry
  3. her sigh was heartbreaking
  4. the heartrending words of Rabin's granddaughter
adjective
of great gravity or crucial import
Synonyms
grave heavy weighty
Examples
  1. requiring serious thought
  2. grave responsibilities
  3. faced a grave decision in a time of crisis
  4. a grievous fault
  5. heavy matters of state
  6. the weighty matters to be discussed at the peace conference
adjective
shockingly brutal or cruel
Synonyms
atrocious flagitious monstrous
Examples
  1. murder is an atrocious crime
  2. a grievous offense against morality
  3. a grievous crime
  4. no excess was too monstrous for them to commit

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