grievous

grievous has 7 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 8.

Definitions

• a.. Causing grief or sorrow; painful; afflictive; hard to bear; offensive; harmful.
• a.. Characterized by great atrocity; heinous; aggravated; flagitious; as, a grievous sin.
• a.. Full of, or expressing, grief; showing great sorrow or affliction; as, a grievous cry.
• a.. causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm; "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"
• a.. shockingly brutal or cruel; "murder is an atrocious crime"; "a grievous offense against morality"; "a grievous crime"; "no excess was too monstrous for them to commit"
• a.. of great gravity or crucial import; requiring serious thought; "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"
• a.. causing or marked by grief or anguish; "a grievous loss"; "a grievous cry"; "her sigh was heartbreaking"; "the heartrending words of Rabin's granddaughter"