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Meaning of grievous

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  grievous
      adj 1: 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" [syn: {dangerous}, {grave},
             {grievous}, {serious}, {severe}, {life-threatening}]
      2: causing or marked by grief or anguish; "a grievous loss"; "a
         grievous cry"; "her sigh was heartbreaking"; "the
         heartrending words of Rabin's granddaughter" [syn:
         {grievous}, {heartbreaking}, {heartrending}]
      3: 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" [syn: {grave}, {grievous}, {heavy}, {weighty}]
      4: 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" [syn:
         {atrocious}, {flagitious}, {grievous}, {monstrous}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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