2 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Grievous \Griev"ous\, a. [OF. grevous, grevos LL gravosus See
{Grief}.]
1. Causing grief or sorrow; painful; afflictive; hard to
bear; offensive; harmful.
The famine was grievous in the land. --Gen. xii.
10.
The thing was very grievous in Abraham's sight.
--Gen. xxi.
11.
2. Characterized by great atrocity; heinous; aggravated;
flagitious; as a grievous sin. --Gen. xviii. 20.
3. Full of or expressing, grief; showing great sorrow or
affliction; as a grievous cry. -- {Griev"ous*ly}, adv --
{Griev"ous*ness}, n.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
grievous
adj 1: causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm; "a
dangerous operation"; "a grave situation"; "a grave
illness"; "grievous bodily harm"; "a serious wound";
"a serious turn of events"; "a severe case of
pneumonia" [syn: {dangerous}, {grave}, {serious}, {severe}]
2: causing or marked by grief or anguish; "a grievous loss"; "a
grievous cry"; "her sigh was heartbreaking"; "the
heartrending words of Rabin's granddaughter" [syn: {heartbreaking},
{heartrending}]
3: of great gravity or crucial import; requiring serious
thought; "grave responsibilities"; "faced a grave decision
in a time of crisis"; "a grievous fault"; "heavy matters
of state"; "the weighty matters to be discussed at the
peace conference" [syn: {grave}, {heavy}, {weighty}]
4: shockingly brutal or cruel; "murder is an atrocious crime";
"a grievous offense against morality"; "a grievous crime";
"no excess was too monstrous for them to commit" [syn: {atrocious},
{flagitious}, {heinous}, {monstrous}]
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