grievous

griev·ous  (grvs)

adj.

1. Causing grief, pain, or anguish: a grievous loss.

2. Serious or dire; grave: a grievous crime.

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[Anglo-Norman grevous, from grever, to harm, aggrieve, from Latin gravre, to burden; see grieve.]

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grievous·ly adv.

grievous·ness n.

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grievous

Adjective

1. very severe or painful: grievous injuries

2. very serious or worrying: a grievous loss

grievously adv

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	grievous - 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"; "a life-threatening disease" life-threatening, dangerous, grave, serious, severe critical - being in or verging on a state of crisis or emergency; "a critical shortage of food"; "a critical illness"; "an illness at the critical stage"
	2.	grievous - causing or marked by grief or anguish; "a grievous loss"; "a grievous cry"; "her sigh was heartbreaking"; "the heartrending words of Rabin's granddaughter" heartbreaking, heartrending sorrowful - experiencing or marked by or expressing sorrow especially that associated with irreparable loss; "sorrowful widows"; "a sorrowful tale of death and despair"; "sorrowful news"; "even in laughter the heart is sorrowful"- Proverbs 14:13
	3.	grievous - 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" grave, weighty, heavy important, of import - of great significance or value; "important people"; "the important questions of the day"
	4.	grievous - 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" atrocious, flagitious, monstrous evil - morally bad or wrong; "evil purposes"; "an evil influence"; "evil deeds"

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grievous

adjective 1. deplorable, shocking, appalling, dreadful, outrageous, glaring, intolerable, monstrous, shameful, unbearable, atrocious, heinous, lamentable, egregious << OPPOSITE pleasant

adjective 2. severe, damaging, heavy, wounding, grave, painful, distressing, dreadful, harmful, calamitous, injurious << OPPOSITE mild

Translations

grievous [ˈgriːvəs] adj → grave; [loss] → cruel;

grievous bodily harm (LAW) → daños mpl corporales graves

grievous [ˈgriːvəs] adj → grave, cruel(le);

grievous bodily harm (Law) → coups mpl et blessures fpl

grievous [ˈgriːvəs] adj (mistake) → schwer;

(situation) → betrüblich;

grievous bodily harm (Law) → schwere Körperverletzung f