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grievous::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | heartbreaking, heartrending |
a grievous loss.
a grievous cry.
grievous::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | atrocious, flagitious, monstrous |
a grievous offense against morality.
a grievous crime.
grievous::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | dangerous, grave, life-threatening, serious, severe |
grievous bodily harm.
Examples of grievous
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The floods have dealt a grievous blow to an already disliked government's image.
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South African wines are not the only ones she has detected with grievous faults.
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Her green eyes almost appeared to be misting over, lost in some grievous memory.
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Through a grievous misunderstanding, they were hunted as beasts by the Rohirrim.
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Every loss was grievous, but suddenly someone they had known intimately was dead.
From the telegraph.co.uk
All six defendants were found guilty of conspiracy to cause grievous bodily harm.
From the independent.co.uk
To a realist like Obama, that may not seem like a particularly grievous omission.
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This has been a grievous season for the tight-knit tribe of combat photographers.
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Wrath may persist long after the person who did another a grievous wrong is dead.
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- Dangerous: 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"
- Causing or marked by grief or anguish; "a grievous loss"; "a grievous cry"; "her sigh was heartbreaking"; "the heartrending words of Rabin's granddaughter"
- Grave: 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"
- Atrocious: 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"
- (grievously) in a grievous manner; "the resolute but unbroken Germany, grievously wounded but far from destruction, was able to lay the firm foundations for military revival"
- General Grievous is a fictional character, part of the Star Wars canon. He is a chief antagonist in '', alongside Count Dooku, Darth Vader, and Palpatine. He was voiced by Matthew Wood. ...
- Causing grief, pain or sorrow; serious, grave, dire or dangerous
- Serious or dire; grave, terrible, dreadful
- Severe, flagrant, henious, injurious, atrocious
