Definition of Greivous
Griev"ous (?), a. [OF. grevous,
grevos, LL. gravosus. See Grief.]
1. Causing grief or sorrow; painful; afflictive;
hard to bear; offensive; harmful.
The famine was grievous in the
land. Gen. xii. 10.
The thing was very grievous in Abraham's
sight. Gen. xxi. 11.
2. Characterized by great atrocity; heinous;
aggravated; flagitious; as, a grievous sin. Gen.
xviii. 20.
3. Full of, or expressing, grief; showing
great sorrow or affliction; as, a grievous cry. --
Griev"ous*ly, adv. --
Griev"ous*ness, n.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- Serious, severe, very harmful.
He will likely die from his grievous wounds.
- Oppressive
- Sorrow
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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