Grievous
['griːvəs] or ['ɡrivəs]
Definition
(adj.) causing or marked by grief or anguish; 'a grievous loss'; 'a grievous cry'; 'her sigh was heartbreaking'; 'the heartrending words of Rabin's granddaughter' .
Typist: Stephanie--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Causing grief or sorrow; painful; afflictive; hard to bear; offensive; harmful.
(a.) Characterized by great atrocity; heinous; aggravated; flagitious; as, a grievous sin.
(a.) Full of, or expressing, grief; showing great sorrow or affliction; as, a grievous cry.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Distressing, afflictive, afflicting, painful, sad, deplorable, lamentable, hard to bear.[2]. Hurtful, injurious, baneful, noxious, mischievous, detrimental, destructive, calamitous.[3]. Atrocious, heinous, flagitious.
Editor: Shanna
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Sad, heavy, afflictive, lamentable, deplorable, sorrowful, painful, burdensome,calamitous, baleful, hurtful, disastrous, unhappy
ANT:Joyous, delightful, pleasant, glad, consolatory, grateful, welcome, acceptable,trifling, light, trivial
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Examples
- During the intervals of pain from this grievous disease, he spent many cheerful hours, conversing in the most agreeable and instructive manner. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- The common rule requires submission; and it is only in cases of grievous tyranny and oppression, that the exception can take place. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- I hope, from the bottom of my heart, he won't keep her waiting much longer, for it is quite grievous to see her look so ill and forlorn. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- A new and most unpleasant system of menace had begun, and the intent appeared to be to do him grievous bodily harm. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Mine's a grievous case, an' I want—if yo will be so good—t' know the law that helps me. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- It has not so many grievous discrepancies. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- These are grievous times; I see suffering wherever I turn. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- I am afraid the baronet, whose name you are unwilling to mention to me, has done you some grievous wrong? Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- To be in doubt, in so mighty a matter as this--to be uncertain which one to adore--was a grievous misfortune. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- While the possession of this country was highly advantageous to France, it was a grievous inconvenience to the inhabitants of the British colonies. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- When I am immediately threatened with any grievous ill, my fears, apprehensions, and aversions rise to a great height, and produce a sensible emotion. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- But these solemn lessons which succeeded those, I remember as the death-blow of my peace, and a grievous daily drudgery and misery. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- He has been a disappointment to me, Mr. Holmes--a grievous disappointment. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- But my disappointment was grievous and unexpected. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
- Ah, my dear, said he, poor Miss TaylorIt is a grievous business. Jane Austen. Emma.
- It is a grievous affair to my poor girls, you must confess. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
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