grievous
Meaning of grievous
- (of something bad) very severe or serious.
his death was a grievous blow
the American fleet suffered grievous losses
Middle English: from Old French greveus, from grever (see grieve1).
Information about grievous
- It is an adjective.
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Hyphenation of grievous
griev-ous
- It consists of 2 syllables and 8 chars.
- grievous is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
grievous synonyms
Meaning dangerous:
dangerous, grave, serious, severe
Meaning heartbreaking:
Meaning grave:
Meaning atrocious:
atrocious, flagitious, heinous, monstrous
Meaning (of something causing pain, danger, or other unwelcome consequences) severe or serious:
Meaning expressing adverse or disapproving comments or judgements:
Meaning causing or involving great suffering, fear, or unhappiness; extremely bad or serious:
Meaning extremely bad or serious:
Meaning very bad or unpleasant:
Meaning (of a part of the body) affected with pain:
Meaning causing great physical or mental pain:
Meaning causing distress to someone's feelings:
Meaning (of a problem or illness) cause pain or trouble to; affect adversely:
Meaning causing physical injury:
Meaning causing physical damage:
Meaning causing or likely to cause damage or harm:
Meaning (of an object) having an edge or point that is able to cut or pierce something:
Meaning (of a disease or its symptoms) severe but of short duration:
Meaning (of a disease) very severe and of very short duration, generally proving quickly fatal:
Meaning causing great damage:
Meaning involving calamity; catastrophic or disastrous:
Meaning causing overwhelming disappointment or embarrassment:
Meaning causing anxiety, sorrow or pain; upsetting:
Meaning deeply disturbing or distressing:
Meaning acutely distressing:
Meaning causing grief:
Meaning feeling, expressing, or inducing sadness, regret, or grief:
Meaning causing or characterized by sorrow or regret; unfortunate and regrettable:
Meaning shockingly bad in quality:
Meaning causing indignation or disgust; offensive:
Meaning causing shock or dismay; horrific:
Meaning (especially of wrongdoing) very obvious and unacceptable:
Meaning extremely serious or urgent:
Meaning shockingly bad or excessive:
Meaning outstandingly bad; shocking:
Meaning grossly unfair and morally wrong:
Meaning (typically of an action or activity) wicked or criminal:
Meaning worthy of or causing shame or disgrace:
Meaning (of an event, action, or attitude) unfortunate; regrettable:
Meaning (of an action considered wrong or immoral) conspicuously or obviously offensive:
Meaning giving out or reflecting a strong or dazzling light:
grievous antonyms
Meaning small in degree; inconsiderable:
Meaning of little value or importance:
Meaning to be desired or approved of:
Meaning denoting a sin that is not regarded as depriving the soul of divine grace:
Translation of grievous
- Italian: odioso, atroce
- Spanish: odioso, abyecto, abominable, odiosa, atroz, abyecta
- German: abscheulich, schändlich, sündhaft
- French: ignoble, abominable
- Portuguese: abominável, atroz
Anagrams of grievous
Words that rhyme with grievous
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