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- Definition
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- grievous :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
- grievous :causing or marked by grief or anguish
- a grievous loss|a grievous cry|her sigh was heartbreaking|the heartrending words of Rabin's granddaughter
- grievous :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
- grievous :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