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.
Webster's New World
Very serious; deplorable.
A grievous fault.
Webster's New World
Atrocious; heinous.
A grievous crime.
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Other Word Forms of Grievous

Adjective

Base Form:
grievous
Superlative:
grievousest

Origin of Grievous

  • 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

  • Anglo-Norman grevous from grever to harm, aggrieve from Latin gravāre to burden grieve

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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