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Grammar : Adj
Spell : gree-vuhs
Phonetic Transcription : ˈgri vəs



Definition of grievous

Origin :
  • c.1300, from Anglo-French grevous (Old French grevos) "heavy, hard, toilsome," from grief (see grief). Legal term grievous bodily harm attested from 1803.
  • adj severe, painful; serious
Example sentences :
  • A grievous error it is to suppose that Cupid's artillery is limited to bow and arrows.
  • Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous.
  • Extract from : « An Explanation of Luther's Small Catechism » by Joseph Stump
  • The country was saddened, moreover, with grievous sicknesses.
  • Extract from : « Old News » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • For three years past, this grievous calamity had been borne.
  • Extract from : « Tanglewood Tales » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • That they did not do so was a grievous disappointment from the beginning.
  • Extract from : « In the Valley » by Harold Frederic
  • Yet it is a grievous thing to an honest man to be suspected.
  • Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 3 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
  • But more things, and most grievous ones, were happening with equal suddenness.
  • Extract from : « White Fang » by Jack London
  • His sense of proportion was far too acute to permit so grievous an error.
  • Extract from : « The Law-Breakers » by Ridgwell Cullum
  • They had, moreover, one grievous blot on their conduct as bishops.
  • Extract from : « The Formation of Christendom, Volume VI » by Thomas W. (Thomas William) Allies
  • Not but that in this department he committed great and grievous mistakes.
  • Extract from : « Leading Articles on Various Subjects » by Hugh Miller

Synonyms for grievous

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