All 4 Uses of
grievous
in
The Fellowship of the Ring
- It would be a grievous blow to the world, if the Dark Power overcame the Shire; if all your kind, jolly, stupid Bolgers, Hornblowers, Boffins, Bracegirdles, and the rest, not to mention the ridiculous Bagginses, became enslaved.†
Chpt 1.2 *
- 'This is grievous news concerning Saruman,' he said; 'for we trusted him and he is deep in all our counsels.†
Chpt 2.2
- These are evil tidings,' said Celeborn, 'the most evil that have been spoken here in long years full of grievous deeds.†
Chpt 2.7
- 'Grievous is our loss,' said Legolas.†
Chpt 2.10
Definition:
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(grievous) very serious; or very bad; or causing grief