If something is called grievous, you better take it seriously. Grievous is used to describe horrible things like tragedies or crimes. If you have a grievous wound, a band aid simply won't do.
Causing grief or sorrow; painful; afflictive; hard to bear; offensive; harmful.
Adjective S.
causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm; "a dangerous operation"; "a grave situation"; "a grave illness"; "grievous bodily harm"; "a serious wound"; "a serious turn of events"; "a severe case of pneumonia"; "a life-threatening disease"
Adjective S.
shockingly brutal or cruel; "murder is an atrocious crime"; "a grievous offense against morality"; "a grievous crime"; "no excess was too monstrous for them to commit"
Adjective S.
of great gravity or crucial import; requiring serious thought; "grave responsibilities"; "faced a grave decision in a time of crisis"; "a grievous fault"; "heavy matters of state"; "the weighty matters to be discussed at the peace conference"
Adjective S.
causing or marked by grief or anguish; "a grievous loss"; "a grievous cry"; "her sigh was heartbreaking"; "the heartrending words of Rabin''s granddaughter"
a.
Causing grief or sorrow; painful; afflictive; hard to
bear; offensive; harmful.
a.
Characterized by great atrocity; heinous; aggravated;
flagitious; as, a grievous sin.
a.
Full of, or expressing, grief; showing great sorrow or
affliction; as, a grievous cry.
Grievous
>The famine was grievous in the land.
The thing was very grievous in Abraham's sight.2.
Causing grief or sorrow; painful; afflictive; hard to bear; offensive; harmful.
Usage Examples
How much more grievous are the consequences of anger than the causes of it.
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Other Usage ExamplesThey who do not understand that a man may be brought to hope that which of all things is the most grievous to him, have not observed with sufficient closeness the perversity of the human mind.
Reform is not pleasant, but grievous no person can reform themselves without suffering and hard work, how much less a nation.
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