grievousadjective
uk/ˈɡriː.vəs/us/ˈɡriː.vəs/formalhaving very serious effects or causing great pain:
Her death is a grievous loss to the whole of the community.
grievous wounds
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Serious and severe
- acute
- acutely
- chronic
- critical
- critically
- desperate
- dire
- egregious
- gravity
- heaviness
- heavy
- mortal
- non-fatal
- serious
- seriously
- severity
- stiffness
- swingeing
- terminal
- utmost
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grievously
adverb uk/ˈɡriː.vəs.li/us/ˈɡriː.vəs.li/