Found 3 items, similar to grievous.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: grievous menyedihkan
English → English (WordNet) Definition: grievous grievous adj 1: 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” [syn: dangerous, grave, serious, severe, life-threatening] 2: causing or marked by grief or anguish; “a grievous loss”; “a grievous cry”; “her sigh was heartbreaking”; “the heartrending words of Rabin's granddaughter” [syn: heartbreaking, heartrending] 3: 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” [syn: grave, heavy, weighty] 4: 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” [syn: atrocious, flagitious, heinous, monstrous]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Grievous Grievous \Griev"ous\, a. [OF. grevous, grevos, LL. gravosus. See Grief.] 1. Causing grief or sorrow; painful; afflictive; hard to bear; offensive; harmful. [1913 Webster] The famine was grievous in the land. --Gen. xii. 10. [1913 Webster] The thing was very grievous in Abraham's sight. --Gen. xxi. 11. [1913 Webster] 2. Characterized by great atrocity; heinous; aggravated; flagitious; as, a grievous sin. --Gen. xviii. 20. [1913 Webster] 3. Full of, or expressing, grief; showing great sorrow or affliction; as, a grievous cry. -- Griev"ous*ly, adv. -- Griev"ous*ness, n. [1913 Webster]