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Synonyms for grievous
Grammar : Adj |
Spell : gree-vuhs |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈgri vəs |
Top 10 synonyms for grievous Other synonyms for the word grievous
- afflicting
- agonizing
- dismal
- disquieting
- distressing
- disturbing
- grave
- harmful
- heart-rending
- heavy
- heinous
- hurtful
- injurious
- intolerable
- lamentable
- monstrous
- mournful
- offensive
- onerous
- oppressive
- outrageous
- pathetic
- pitiful
- sad
- shameful
- sharp
- shocking
- sorrowful
- taxing
- tough
- tragic
- troublesome
- unbearable
- upsetting
- villainous
- weighty
- wounding
Définition 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
- 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
Antonyms for grievous
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