grievous
English Thesaurus
1. causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm (adj.all)
| similar | : | critical, |
| definition | : | being in or verging on a state of crisis or emergency (adj.all) |
2. shockingly brutal or cruel (adj.all)
| similar | : | evil, |
| definition | : | morally bad or wrong (adj.all) |
3. of great gravity or crucial import; requiring serious thought (adj.all)
4. causing or marked by grief or anguish (adj.all)
| similar | : | sorrowful, |
| definition | : | experiencing or marked by or expressing sorrow especially that associated with irreparable loss (adj.all) |
5. causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm (adj.all)
| derivation | : | dangerousness, |
| definition | : | the quality of not being safe (noun.attribute) |
| derivation | : | badness, severeness, severity, |
| definition | : | used of the degree of something undesirable e.g. pain or weather (noun.attribute) |
6. shockingly brutal or cruel (adj.all)
| derivation | : | monstrosity, |
| definition | : | something hideous or frightful (noun.event) |
7. of great gravity or crucial import; requiring serious thought (adj.all)
| derivation | : | weight, weightiness, |
| definition | : | the relative importance granted to something (noun.attribute) |
8. causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm (adj.all)
| derivation | : | dangerousness, |
| definition | : | the quality of not being safe (noun.attribute) |
| derivation | : | badness, severeness, severity, |
| definition | : | used of the degree of something undesirable e.g. pain or weather (noun.attribute) |
9. shockingly brutal or cruel (adj.all)
| derivation | : | monstrosity, |
| definition | : | something hideous or frightful (noun.event) |
10. of great gravity or crucial import; requiring serious thought (adj.all)
| derivation | : | weight, weightiness, |
| definition | : | the relative importance granted to something (noun.attribute) |
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