Grievous Synonyms and Antonyms

grēvəs
Distressing
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. disquieting
  2. upsetting
  3. troublesome
Mournful
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. sad
  2. deplorable
  3. lamentable
  4. grave
  5. tragic
  6. woeful
  7. dismal
  8. doleful
  9. dolorous
  10. afflictive
  11. atrocious
  12. bitter
  13. burdensome
  14. calamitous
  15. mournful
  16. dire
  17. distressing
  18. heartbreaking
  19. egregious
  20. regrettable
  21. flagitious
  22. flagrant
  23. rueful
  24. heinous
  25. hurtful
  26. intense
  27. nefarious
  28. pathetic
  29. outrageous
  30. sorrowful
  31. painful
  32. pitiful
  33. plaintive
  34. heavy
  35. serious
  36. severe
  37. shocking
  38. sore
  39. sorry
  40. weighty
  41. heartrending

Words Related to Grievous

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Grievous Sentence Examples

  • No war was ever more grievous to freedom and civilization.

  • This was a grievous blow to William, but his courage did not fail.

  • His lengthy explanations are the more grievous because he insists on the same points in several of his books.

  • The subject of the letter received from him is very grievous, in respect of Lord [Norris's] danger.

  • But when He hides His face, then trouble becomes more grievous.

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