griev·ous /ˈgrivəs/
(a.)痛苦的,嚴重的,充滿悲傷的
Griev·ous a.
1. Causing grief or sorrow; painful; afflictive; hard to bear; offensive; harmful.
The famine was grievous in the land. --Gen. xii. 10.
The thing was very grievous in Abraham's sight. --Gen. xxi. 11.
2. Characterized by great atrocity; heinous; aggravated; flagitious; as, a grievous sin.
3. Full of, or expressing, grief; showing great sorrow or affliction; as, a grievous cry. -- Griev*ous*ly, adv. -- Griev*ous*ness, n.
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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]