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

1. adjective. Causing grief or sorrow; painful; afflictive; hard to bear; offensive; harmful.
2. adjective. Characterized by great atrocity; heinous; aggravated; flagitious; as, a grievous sin.
3. adjective. Full of, or expressing, grief; showing great sorrow or affliction; as, a grievous cry.
4. adjective. causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm

   "a dangerous operation"

   "a grave situation"

   Synonyms: dangerous, grave, serious, severe

5. adjective. shockingly brutal or cruel

   "murder is an atrocious crime"

   "a grievous offense against morality"

   Synonyms: atrocious, flagitious, monstrous

6. adjective. of great gravity or crucial import; requiring serious thought

   "grave responsibilities"

   "faced a grave decision in a time of crisis"

   Synonyms: grave, heavy, weighty

7. adjective. 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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