grievous
adjective
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 adjective
causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm
a dangerous operation
Related & opposite
- dangerousness derivation
- severity derivation
- distressfulness derivation
- critical similar to
Sense 2 adjective
causing or marked by grief or anguish
a grievous loss
Related & opposite
- sorrowful similar to
Sense 3 adjective
of great gravity or crucial import; requiring serious thought
grave responsibilities
Related & opposite
- graveness derivation
- weightiness derivation
- important similar to
Sense 4 adjective
shockingly brutal or cruel
murder is an atrocious crime
Related & opposite
- atrocity derivation
- atrocity derivation
- monstrosity derivation
- ogre derivation
- evil similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | dangerousness |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | severity |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | distressfulness |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | critical |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | sorrowful |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | graveness |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | weightiness |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | important |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | atrocity |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | atrocity |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | monstrosity |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | ogre |
| 4 | similar to | Related & opposite | evil |