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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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