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单词 grievously
释义

grievous

adjective

griev·​ous ˈgrē-vəs How to pronounce grievous (audio)
1
: causing or characterized by severe pain, suffering, or sorrow
a grievous wound
a grievous loss
2
: oppressive, onerous
grievous costs of war
3
: serious, grave
grievous fault
grievously adverb
grievousness noun

Synonyms

  • bitter
  • brutal
  • burdensome
  • cruel
  • excruciating
  • grim
  • hard
  • hardhanded
  • harsh
  • heavy
  • inhuman
  • murderous
  • onerous
  • oppressive
  • rough
  • rugged
  • searing
  • severe
  • stiff
  • tough
  • trying
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Example Sentences

the grievous cost of war He took a foolish financial risk and suffered a grievous loss.
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Word History

Etymology

see grieve

First Known Use

13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Kids Definition

grievous

adjective

griev·​ous ˈgrē-vəs How to pronounce grievous (audio)
1
: causing suffering or pain
a grievous injury
2
: serious sense 2, grave
a grievous error

grievously

adverb

as in bitterly
with feelings of bitterness or grief I was grievously disappointed not to be invited to the wedding

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • bitterly
  • sorrowfully
  • sadly
  • painfully
  • mournfully
  • severely
  • woefully
  • sorely
  • sharply
  • harshly
  • unhappily
  • hard
  • regretfully
  • wretchedly
  • agonizingly
  • inconsolably
  • dolorously
  • lugubriously
  • resentfully
  • dolefully
  • ruefully
  • plaintively
  • wailfully
  • abjectly
  • miserably
  • acutely
  • despairingly
  • distressfully
  • dismally
  • hardly
  • cruelly
  • distressingly
  • cheerlessly
  • dispiritedly
  • disconsolately
  • darkly
  • dejectedly
  • despondently
  • drearily
  • pessimistically
  • ill
  • morosely
  • dourly
  • hurtfully
  • blackly
  • keenly
  • forlornly
  • sullenly
  • poignantly
  • gloomily
  • somberly
  • mirthlessly
  • downheartedly
  • glumly
  • joylessly
  • piercingly
  • rancorously
  • crestfallenly
  • low-spiritedly

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • blissfully
  • joyfully
  • joyously
  • happily
  • cheerfully
  • gladly
  • lightly
  • delightedly
  • gleefully
  • rejoicingly
  • mirthfully
  • indifferently
  • merrily
  • lightheartedly
  • easily
  • casually
  • blithely
  • gayly
  • gaily
  • cheerily
  • unconcernedly
  • favorably
  • sunnily
  • good-naturedly
  • dispassionately
  • well
  • calmly
  • stoically
  • nonchalantly
  • impassively
  • blithesomely
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