| ADJECTIVE | all | grievous, dangerous, grave, serious, severe, life-threatening | causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm |
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| all | grievous, heartbreaking, heartrending | causing or marked by grief or anguish | |
| all | grievous, grave, heavy, weighty | of great gravity or crucial import | |
| all | grievous, atrocious, flagitious, monstrous | shockingly brutal or cruel |
| Sounds | griy'vahs | |
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| Rhymes | abacus ... zealous: 1164 rhymes with ahs... | |
| Meaning | Causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm. | |
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| Example | "grievous bodily harm" | |
| Synonyms | dangerous, grave, serious, severe, life-threatening | |
| Broader | critical | In or verging on a state of crisis or emergency |
| Spanish | grave, peligroso, serio, severo, terrible, tremendo | |
| Catalan | greu, perillós, seriós, sever | |
| Adverbs | grievously | in a grievous manner |
| Meaning | Causing or marked by grief or anguish. | |
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| Synonyms | heartbreaking, heartrending | |
| Broader | sorrowful | Experiencing or marked by or expressing sorrow especially that associated with irreparable loss |
| Spanish | cruel, desgarrador | |
| Meaning | Of great gravity or crucial import; requiring serious thought. | |
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| Example | "a grievous fault" | |
| Synonyms | grave, heavy, weighty | |
| Broader | important, of import | Of great significance / significance or value |
| Meaning | Shockingly brutal or cruel. | |
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| Synonyms | atrocious, flagitious, monstrous | |
| Broader | evil | morally bad or wrong |
| Spanish | atroz, monstruoso, nefando | |
| Catalan | atroç | |
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