grievous

(grē'vəs)
adj.

1. Causing grief, pain, or anguish: a grievous loss.
2. Serious or dire; grave: a grievous crime.

[Anglo-Norman grevous, from grever, to harm, aggrieve, from Latin gravāre, to burden. See grieve.]

grievously griev'ous·ly adv.
grievousness griev'ous·ness n.

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meaning 'severe, causing grief or suffering' (as in grievous bodily harm), is sometimes wrongly pronounced as if it were grievious, and even spelt this way.

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adjective

1. Causing sorrow or regret: deplorable, doleful, dolorous, lamentable, mournful, regrettable, rueful, sad, sorrowful, woeful. See happy/unhappy.
2. Causing or marked by danger or pain, for example: dangerous, grave², serious, severe. See help/harm/harmless.

adj

Definition: severe, painful; serious
Antonyms: good, harmless, pleasant

IN BRIEF: Serious and severe.

How much more grievous are the consequences of anger than the causes of it. — Marcus Aurelius (121-180).

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See words rhyming with "grievous."

Dansk (Danish)
adj. - sørgelig, tung, svær, bitter, frygtelig

idioms:

• grievous bodily harm    grov legemsbeskadigelse

Nederlands (Dutch)
kwetsend, ernstig (pijn), verschrikkelijk

Français (French)
adj. - cruel, grave (une erreur, une blessure)

idioms:

• grievous bodily harm    (Jur) coups et blessures

Deutsch (German)
adj. - schmerzlich, schwer

idioms:

• grievous bodily harm    schwere Körperverletzung

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - θλιβερός, οδυνηρός

idioms:

• grievous bodily harm    (νομ.) (Βρετ.) βαριές σωματικές βλάβες

Italiano (Italian)
doloroso, offensivo

idioms:

• grievous bodily harm    gravi lesioni corporali

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - doloroso, cruel, lamentável, penetrante

idioms:

• grievous bodily harm    ferimento (m) sério causado por uma pessoa em outra (Jur.)

Русский (Russian)
горестный, огромный, мучительный

idioms:

• grievous bodily harm    тяжелое телесное повреждение

Español (Spanish)
adj. - doloroso, penoso, ofensivo, lamentable

idioms:

• grievous bodily harm    lesiones corporales graves

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - sorglig, pinsam, svår, tryckande (åld.)

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
痛苦的, 充满悲伤的, 严重的

idioms:

• grievous bodily harm    严重人体伤害, 重伤

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 痛苦的, 充滿悲傷的, 嚴重的

idioms:

• grievous bodily harm    嚴重人體傷害, 重傷

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 매우 슬픈, 고통스런, 가혹한

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 嘆かわしい, つらい, ひどい, 重い

idioms:

• grievous bodily harm    重大な身体傷害

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) باهظ, خطير, مؤلم‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮מצער, חמור, מכאיב, מעליב, מחפיר‬

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