grievous 音标拼音: [gr'ivəs]
a . 痛苦的,严重的,充满悲伤的
痛苦的,严重的,充满悲伤的
grievous adj 1 :
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 " [
synonym : {
dangerous }, {
grave },
{
grievous }, {
serious }, {
severe }, {
life -
threatening }]
2 :
causing or marked by grief or anguish ; "
a grievous loss "; "
a grievous cry "; "
her sigh was heartbreaking "; "
the heartrending words of Rabin '
s granddaughter " [
synonym :
{
grievous }, {
heartbreaking }, {
heartrending }]
3 :
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 " [
synonym : {
grave }, {
grievous }, {
heavy }, {
weighty }]
4 :
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 " [
synonym :
{
atrocious }, {
flagitious }, {
grievous }, {
monstrous }]
Grievous \
Griev "
ous \,
a . [
OF .
grevous ,
grevos ,
LL .
gravosus .
See {
Grief }.]
1 .
Causing grief or sorrow ;
painful ;
afflictive ;
hard to bear ;
offensive ;
harmful .
[
1913 Webster ]
The famine was grievous in the land . --
Gen .
xii .
10 .
[
1913 Webster ]
The thing was very grievous in Abraham '
s sight .
--
Gen .
xxi .
11 .
[
1913 Webster ]
2 .
Characterized by great atrocity ;
heinous ;
aggravated ;
flagitious ;
as ,
a grievous sin . --
Gen .
xviii .
20 .
[
1913 Webster ]
3 .
Full of ,
or expressing ,
grief ;
showing great sorrow or affliction ;
as ,
a grievous cry . -- {
Griev "
ous *
ly },
adv . --
{
Griev "
ous *
ness },
n .
[
1913 Webster ]
157 Moby Thesaurus words for "
grievous ":
abominable ,
acute ,
affecting ,
afflictive ,
aggrieved ,
anguished ,
appalling ,
arrant ,
atrocious ,
awful ,
base ,
beastly ,
beneath contempt ,
bitter ,
black ,
blameworthy ,
bleak ,
brutal ,
burdensome ,
calamitous ,
careworn ,
cataclysmal ,
cataclysmic ,
catastrophic ,
cheerless ,
comfortless ,
contemptible ,
damaging ,
dangerous ,
demanding ,
deplorable ,
depressing ,
depressive ,
despicable ,
destructive ,
detestable ,
dire ,
disastrous ,
discomforting ,
disgusting ,
dismal ,
dismaying ,
distasteful ,
distressful ,
distressing ,
doleful ,
dolorific ,
dolorogenic ,
dolorous ,
dreadful ,
dreary ,
dumb with grief ,
egregious ,
enormous ,
exacting ,
exigent ,
fatal ,
fell ,
fetid ,
filthy ,
flagrant ,
foul ,
fulsome ,
galling ,
grave ,
grief -
stricken ,
griefful ,
grieved ,
gross ,
harmful ,
hateful ,
heartbreaking ,
heartrending ,
heavy ,
heinous ,
horrible ,
horrid ,
hurtful ,
in grief ,
infamous ,
intolerable ,
joyless ,
lamentable ,
loathsome ,
lousy ,
lugubrious ,
major ,
monstrous ,
mournful ,
moving ,
nasty ,
nefarious ,
noisome ,
notorious ,
obnoxious ,
odious ,
offensive ,
oppressive ,
outrageous ,
painful ,
pathetic ,
piteous ,
pitiable ,
pitiful ,
plaintive ,
plangent ,
plunged in grief ,
poignant ,
rank ,
regrettable ,
reprehensible ,
repulsive ,
rotten ,
rueful ,
ruinous ,
sad ,
saddening ,
scandalous ,
schlock ,
scurvy ,
serious ,
severe ,
shabby ,
shameful ,
sharp ,
shocking ,
shoddy ,
sordid ,
sore ,
sorrowed ,
sorrowful ,
sorrowing ,
squalid ,
superincumbent ,
taxing ,
tearful ,
terrible ,
too bad ,
touching ,
tough ,
tragic ,
ugly ,
unbearable ,
unclean ,
uncomfortable ,
unfortunate ,
unpalatable ,
vile ,
villainous ,
weighty ,
woebegone ,
woeful ,
worst ,
worthless ,
wounding ,
wreckful ,
wretched
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