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grievous

• (s) causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm
  • a dangerous operation
  • a grave situation
  • a grave illness
  • grievous bodily harm
  • a serious wound
  • a serious turn of events
  • a severe case of pneumonia
  • a life-threatening disease
  life-threatening, dangerous, grave, serious, severe,
• (s) causing or marked by grief or anguish
  • a grievous loss
  • a grievous cry
  • her sigh was heartbreaking
  • the heartrending words of Rabin's granddaughter
  heartbreaking, heartrending,
• (s) of great gravity or crucial import; requiring serious thought
  • grave responsibilities
  • faced a grave decision in a time of crisis
  • a grievous fault
  • heavy matters of state
  • the weighty matters to be discussed at the peace conference
  grave, weighty, heavy,
• (s) shockingly brutal or cruel
  • murder is an atrocious crime
  • a grievous offense against morality
  • a grievous crime
  • no excess was too monstrous for them to commit
  atrocious, flagitious, monstrous,

Synonyms

life-threatening dangerous grave serious severe heartbreaking heartrending weighty heavy atrocious flagitious monstrous

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