Found 1 items, similar to Grievousness.
English → English (gcide) Definition: Grievousness 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]