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grievous

adjective

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noun
verb
adjective
adverb
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instance, member or derived
substance, domain or see-also
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Senses

Sense 1 adjective

causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm

a dangerous operation

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Sense 2 adjective

causing or marked by grief or anguish

a grievous loss

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Sense 3 adjective

of great gravity or crucial import; requiring serious thought

grave responsibilities

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Sense 4 adjective

shockingly brutal or cruel

murder is an atrocious crime

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SenseRelationGroupWord
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