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| 1. | [ adjective ] causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm | |
| Synonyms: | serious grave severe dangerous | |
| Examples: | "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" |
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| Related terms: | critical | |
| 2. | [ adjective ] causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm | |
| Synonyms: | serious grave severe dangerous life-threatening | |
| Examples: | "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" |
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| Related terms: | critical | |
| 3. | [ adjective ] causing or marked by grief or anguish | |
| Synonyms: | heartrending heartbreaking | |
| Examples: | "a grievous loss" "a grievous cry" "her sigh was heartbreaking" "the heartrending words of Rabin's granddaughter" |
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| Related terms: | sorrowful | |
| 4. | [ adjective ] of great gravity or crucial import; requiring serious thought | |
| Synonyms: | heavy weighty grave | |
| Examples: | "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" |
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| Related terms: | important | |
| 5. | [ adjective ] shockingly brutal or cruel | |
| Synonyms: | monstrous flagitious heinous atrocious | |
| Examples: | "murder is an atrocious crime" "a grievous offense against morality" "a grievous crime" "no excess was too monstrous for them to commit" |
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| Related terms: | evil | |
| Similar spelling: |
grievously Grieves greaves Gravois |
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