grievous
/'gri:vəs/
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Definition
- Adjective:
- Causing or characterized by severe pain, suffering, or sorrow: Describes something that involves great distress, grief, or anguish.
- Very serious or severe in nature: Describes something of grave importance, weight, or consequence; often implying a harmful or dangerous outcome.
- Outrageously wrong or wicked; flagrant: Describes an act or offense that is shockingly bad, cruel, or monstrous.
Usage and Examples
Causing grief or suffering:
- The news of his passing was a grievous blow to the entire community.
- She let out a grievous cry upon hearing the tragic news.
Very serious or severe:
- The soldier sustained a grievous injury in the battle.
- The committee discussed the grievous implications of the new policy.
Flagrantly wrong; atrocious:
- The dictator was accused of grievous human rights violations.
- Such a grievous error in judgment cannot be easily forgiven.
Advanced Usage
"Grievous bodily harm" (GBH): A legal term in some jurisdictions for a very serious physical injury inflicted on a person.
- The assailant was charged with causing grievous bodily harm.
"Grievous fault": A formal or literary way to describe a serious mistake or sin.
- He acknowledged the grievous fault in his calculations that led to the disaster.
Variants and Related Words
- Grievously (adverb): In a grievous manner; severely.
- He was grievously wounded in the accident.
- Grievousness (noun): The state or quality of being grievous.
- The grievousness of the crime shocked the nation.
Synonyms
- Grave: Of serious importance; solemn.
- Severe: Very great; intense.
- Heinous: Utterly odious or wicked.
- Heartrending: Causing great sadness or distress.
- Dire: Extremely serious or urgent.
Antonyms
- Trivial: Of little value or importance.
- Minor: Lesser in importance, seriousness, or significance.
- Slight: Small in degree; inconsiderable.
- Joyful: Feeling, expressing, or causing great pleasure and happiness.
Adjective
- 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
- 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
- causing or marked by grief or anguish
- a grievous loss
- a grievous cry
- her sigh was heartbreaking
- the heartrending words of Rabin's granddaughter
- 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