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The definition of grievous is something very serious, grave or severe.

(adjective)

A serious mistake that could cost someone his life is an example of a mistake that would be described as grievous.

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See grievous in Webster's New World College Dictionary

adjective

causing grief
showing or characterized by grief: a grievous cry
causing suffering; hard to bear; severe: grievous pain
very serious; deplorable: a grievous fault
atrocious; heinous: a grievous crime

Origin: ME grevous < OFr < grever: see grieve

Related Forms:

grievously adverb
grievousness noun

See grievous in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective

Causing grief, pain, or anguish: a grievous loss.
Serious or dire; grave: a grievous crime.

Origin:

Origin: Anglo-Norman grevous

Origin: , from grever, to harm, aggrieve

Origin: , from Latin gravāre, to burden; see grieve

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Related Forms:

grievˈous·ly adverb

grievˈous·ness noun

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