| grievous | (adj) causing or marked by grief or anguish, Syn. heartbreaking, heartrending, Example: a grievous loss; a grievous cry; her sigh was heartbreaking; the heartrending words of Rabin's granddaughter |
| grievously | (adv) in a grievous manner, Example: the resolute but unbroken Germany, grievously wounded but far from destruction, was able to lay the firm foundations for military revival |
| Grievous | a. [ OF. grevous, grevos, LL. gravosus. See Grief. ] 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 ] |