grievous

grievous /'gri:vəs/
  • tính từ
    • đau, đau khổ
    • trầm trọng, nặng (vết thương, lỗi lầm); tai hại
    • đau đớn, đau thương (tiếng kêu, tin tức)
    • trắng trợn, ghê tởm (tội ác)

Xem thêm: dangerous, grave, serious, severe, life-threatening, heartbreaking, heartrending, grave, heavy, weighty, atrocious, flagitious, heinous, monstrous



grievous

Từ điển WordNet

    adj.

  • causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm; dangerous, grave, serious, severe, life-threatening

    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

  • causing or marked by grief or anguish; heartbreaking, heartrending

    a grievous loss

    a grievous cry

    her sigh was heartbreaking

    the heartrending words of Rabin's granddaughter

  • of great gravity or crucial import; requiring serious thought; grave, heavy, weighty

    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

  • shockingly brutal or cruel; atrocious, flagitious, heinous, monstrous

    murder is an atrocious crime

    a grievous offense against morality

    a grievous crime

    no excess was too monstrous for them to commit


English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary


syn.: awful contemptible deplorable outrageous severe sorrowful terrible wretched

ant.: venial