Antonyms for grievous

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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