All 8 Uses
grievous
in
The Life and Death of King Richard III
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- O, he hath kept an evil diet long, And overmuch consum'd his royal person: 'Tis very grievous to be thought upon.†
Scene 1.1 *grievous = very serious; or very bad
- If heaven have any grievous plague in store Exceeding those that I can wish upon thee, O, let them keep it till thy sins be ripe, And then hurl down their indignation On thee, the troubler of the poor world's peace!†
Scene 1.3
- The secret mischiefs that I set abroach I lay unto the grievous charge of others.†
Scene 1.3
- I charge you, as you hope to have redemption By Christ's dear blood shed for our grievous sins, That you depart, and lay no hands on me: The deed you undertake is damnable.†
Scene 1.4
- How fain, like Pilate, would I wash my hands Of this most grievous murder!†
Scene 1.4
- Come hither, Catesby: rumour it abroad That Anne, my wife, is very grievous sick; I will take order for her keeping close: Inquire me out some mean poor gentleman, Whom I will marry straight to Clarence' daughter;—The boy is foolish, and I fear not him.†
Scene 4.2
- A grievous burden was thy birth to me; Tetchy and wayward was thy infancy; Thy school-days frightful, desperate, wild, and furious; Thy prime of manhood daring, bold, and venturous; Thy age confirm'd, proud, subtle, sly, and bloody, More mild, but yet more harmful, kind in hatred: What comfortable hour canst thou name That ever grac'd me with thy company?†
Scene 4.4
- Therefore take with thee my most grievous curse; Which in the day of battle tire thee more Than all the complete armour that thou wear'st!†
Scene 4.4
Definitions:
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(1)
(grievous) very serious; or very bad; or causing grief
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)