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grievous

/'grivəs/

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adjective
of great gravity or crucial import; requiring serious thought
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"a grievous fault"

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grave heavy weighty important of import
adjective
causing or marked by grief or anguish
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"a grievous loss" "a grievous cry"

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heartbreaking heartrending sorrowful
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shockingly brutal or cruel
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"a grievous offense against morality" "a grievous crime"

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atrocious flagitious monstrous evil
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causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm
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"grievous bodily harm"

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dangerous grave life-threatening serious severe critical

Definition that contains grievous

stricken grievously affected especially by disease
afflicted grievously affected especially by disease