Dictionary Entry

grievous

grievous is a 8-letter English word with 7 senses as adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Causing grief or sorrow; painful; afflictive; hard to bear; offensive; harmful. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

8 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 15 · 7 senses

Definitions

1adjective
Causing grief or sorrow; painful; afflictive; hard to bear; offensive; harmful.
2adjective
Characterized by great atrocity; heinous; aggravated; flagitious; as, a grievous sin.
3adjective
Full of, or expressing, grief; showing great sorrow or affliction; as, a grievous cry.
4adjective
causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm
"a dangerous operation"
"a grave situation"
Synonyms
dangerous grave serious severe
5adjective
shockingly brutal or cruel
"murder is an atrocious crime"
"a grievous offense against morality"
Synonyms
atrocious flagitious monstrous
6adjective
of great gravity or crucial import; requiring serious thought
"grave responsibilities"
"faced a grave decision in a time of crisis"
Synonyms
grave heavy weighty
7adjective
causing or marked by grief or anguish
"a grievous loss"
"a grievous cry"
Synonyms
heartbreaking heartrending

Synonyms

dangerous grave serious severe atrocious flagitious monstrous heavy weighty heartbreaking heartrending

Common word forms

grievously grievousness

Words from these letters

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