See grievous in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II
adjective
Causing sorrow or regret:
deplorable, doleful, dolorous, lamentable, mournful, regrettable, rueful, sad, sorrowful, woeful. See happyCausing or marked by danger or pain, for example:
dangerous, grave2, serious, severe. See help
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