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Definition
very serious; or very bad; or causing grief- She suffered grievous bodily harm.
grievous = very serious; or very bad
- It is a grievous offense against morality.
- It is a grievous crime.
- It was a grievous loss.
- A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.Bible -- Proverbs 15:2 (KJV)
- This also is a grievous evil—exactly as a man is born, thus will he die. So what is the advantage to him who toils for the wind?Ecclesiastes 5:16 (NASB)
- And the locust went up over all the land of Egypt, and rested in all the coasts of Egypt: very grievous were they; before them there were no such locusts as they, neither after them shall be such.Exodus 10:14 (KJV)
- He cannot come, my lord; he is grievous sick.Shakespeare, William -- King Henry IV, Part 1
- Better sent home, grievously injured, than remain here sir!J.K. Rowling -- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
- But, oh, they have handled ye grievously, my Brothers!Rudyard Kipling -- The Jungle Book
- But Sam was now sorrowful at heart, and it seemed to him that if the parting would be bitter, more grievous still would be the long road home alone.J.R.R. Tolkien -- The Return of the King
- the obstinate soul that fights with Fate, is smitten grievously.Sophocles -- Antigone
- For she has found out by art magical that this would hinder my deliverance from the grievous enchantment I lie under.C.S. Lewis -- The Silver Chair
- Oh, no, sir, no ... Dobby will have to punish himself most grievously for coming to see you, sir.J.K. Rowling -- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
- But so long as we have to stay here in the field, the front-line days, when they are past, sink down in us like a stone; they are too grievous for us to be able to reflect on them at once.Erich Maria Remarque -- All Quiet on the Western Front
- But then unexpectedly a flame of grievous and terrible yearning flares up.Erich Maria Remarque -- All Quiet on the Western Front
- We did not break down, but adapted ourselves; our twenty years, which made many another thing so grievous, helped us in this.Erich Maria Remarque -- All Quiet on the Western Front
- He cheered up a little later on, but it was a grievous parting oo both sides and I will not dwell on it.C.S. Lewis -- The Voyage of the Dawn Trader
- I was not grievously wounded, but bruised all over in the most remarkable manner.Jules Verne -- A Journey to the Center of the Earth
- My fault, my fault, my own most grievous fault.Cassandra Clare -- City of Fallen Angels
grievous = very serious; or very bad
grievous = very serious; or very bad
grievous = very serious; or very bad
grievously = badly (seriously)
grievously = badly (in a manner that causes grief)
grievous = terrible (causing grief)
grievously = very badly (causing grief)
grievous = very bad; or causing grief
grievously = seriously (badly)
grievous = terrible
grievous = very bad
grievous = terrible