Grievous Definition
grēvəs
adjective
grievousest
Causing grief.
Webster's New World
Showing or characterized by grief.
A grievous cry.
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Causing suffering; hard to bear; severe.
Grievous pain.
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Very serious; deplorable.
A grievous fault.
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Atrocious; heinous.
A grievous crime.
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Other Word Forms of Grievous
Adjective
Base Form:
grievousSuperlative:
grievousestOrigin of Grievous
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From grieve, from the Middle English greven, from the Old French grever, from Latin gravare (which means to burden). Developed in the 13th century.
From Wiktionary
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Anglo-Norman grevous from grever to harm, aggrieve from Latin gravāre to burden grieve
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
