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单词 grievous
释义 grievous
 —grievously,  adv.   —grievousness,  n.  
 /gree"veuhs/,  adj.  
  1. causing grief or great sorrow: grievous news.
  2. flagrant; outrageous; atrocious: a grievous offense against morality.
  3. full of or expressing grief; sorrowful: a grievous cry.
  4. burdensome or oppressive.
  5. causing great pain or suffering: arrested for causing grievous bodily harm to someone in a bar.
 [1250-1300; ME grevous < OF grevo(u)s. See GRIEVE, -OUS]
 Syn. 1. distressing, sad, sorrowful, painful. 2. deplorable, lamentable, calamitous, heinous, flagitious, dreadful, shameful, iniquitous.
 Ant. 1. delightful.
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