Both Uses of
grievous
in
Wuthering Heights
- He had been active and healthy, yet his strength left him suddenly; and when he was confined to the chimney-corner he grew grievously irritable.†
Chpt 5 *
- Linton had slid from his seat on to the hearthstone, and lay writhing in the mere perverseness of an indulged plague of a child, determined to be as grievous and harassing as it can.†
Chpt 23
Definition:
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(grievous) very serious; or very bad; or causing grief