All 3 Uses of
grievous
in
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.
p. 26.9grievous = terrible
- 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.
p. 138.8 *
- But then unexpectedly a flame of grievous and terrible yearning flares up.
p. 274.5grievous = very bad
Definition:
very serious; or very bad; or causing grief