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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