English-Thai Dictionary

grievous

ADJ สลดใจ  เศร้าใจ  ทุกข์ใจ  หม่นหมอง  mournful happy sa-lod-jai

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

GRIEVOUS

a.[from grieve, or grief. ] Heavy; oppressive; burdensome; as a grievous load of taxes. 1. Afflictive; painful; hard to be borne.
Correction is grievous to him that forsaketh the way. Proverbs 15:1 .
2. Causing grief or sorrow.
The thing was very grievous in Abraham's sight, because of his son. Genesis 21:11.
3. Distressing.
The famine was very grievous in the land. Genesis 12:1 .
4. Great; atrocious.
Because their sin is very grievous. Genesis 18:2 .
5. Expressing great uneasiness; as a grievous complaint.
6. Provoking; offensive; tending to irritate; as grievous words. Proverbs 15:1.
7. Hurtful; destructive; causing mischief; as grievous wolves. Acts 2 :29.

 

GRIEVOUSLY

adv. With pain; painfully; with great pain or distress; as, to be grievously afflicted. 1. With discontent, ill will or grief.
2. Calamitously; miserably; greatly; with great uneasiness, distress or grief.
3. Atrociously; as, to sin or offend grievously.

 

GRIEVOUSNESS

n.Oppressiveness; weight that gives pain or distress; as the grievousness of a burden. 1. Pain; affliction; calamity; distress; as the grievousness of sickness, war or famine.
2. Greatness; enormity; atrociousness; as the grievousness of sin or offenses.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

GRIEVOUS

Griev "ous, a. Etym: [OF. grevous, grevos, LL. gravosus. See Grief. ]

 

1. Causing grief or sorrow; painful; afflictive; hard to bear; offensive; harmful. The famine was grievous in the land. Gen. xii. 1 . The thing was very grievous in Abraham's sight. Gen. xxi 11.

 

2. Characterized by great atrocity; heinous; aggravated; flagitious; as, a grievous sin. Gen. xviii. 2 .

 

3. Full of, or expressing, grief; showing great sorrow or affliction; as, a grievous cry. -- Griev "ous *ly, adv. -- Griev "ous *ness, n.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

grievous

griev ous |ˈgrēvəs ˈɡrivəs | ▶adjective formal (of something bad ) very severe or serious: his death was a grievous blow | the American fleet suffered grievous losses. DERIVATIVES griev ous ly adverb, griev ous ness noun ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French greveus, from grever (see grieve ). usage: Grievous ends with -ous and has two syllables: do not pronounce it with three syllables (GREE-vee-us ), as if it ended with -ious.

 

grievous bodily harm

griev ous bod i ly harm |ˈɡrivəs ˈbɑdəli hɑrm |(abbr.: GBH ) ▶noun Law serious physical injury inflicted on a person by the deliberate action of another.

 

Oxford Dictionary

grievous

grievous |ˈgriːvəs | ▶adjective formal (of something bad ) very severe or serious: his death was a grievous blow | the American fleet suffered grievous losses. DERIVATIVES grievously adverb, grievousness noun ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French greveus, from grever (see grieve 1 ). usage: Grievous ends with -ous and has two syllables: it should not be pronounced as if it ended -ious and had an extra syllable.

 

grievous bodily harm

grievous bodily harm (abbrev.: GBH ) ▶noun [ mass noun ] Law serious physical injury inflicted on a person by the deliberate action of another. Compare with actual bodily harm.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

grievous

grievous adjective formal 1 his death was a grievous blow: serious, severe, grave, bad, critical, dreadful, terrible, awful, crushing, calamitous; painful, agonizing, traumatic, wounding, damaging, injurious; sharp, acute. ANTONYMS slight, trivial. 2 a grievous sin: heinous, grave, deplorable, shocking, appalling, atrocious, gross, dreadful, egregious, iniquitous. ANTONYMS venial, trivial.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

grievous

grievous adjective 1 no money can compensate her for her grievous injuries: serious, severe, grave, bad, critical, dreadful, terrible, awful; painful, agonizing, hurtful, afflicting, wounding, damaging, injurious; sharp, acute; Medicine peracute. ANTONYMS slight, trivial. 2 that is most grievous news: disastrous, calamitous; crushing, distressing, traumatic, harrowing; sorrowful, mournful, sad. ANTONYMS good. 3 a grievous sin: heinous, grave, deplorable, shocking, appalling, atrocious, gross, dire, outrageous, dreadful, egregious, iniquitous, nefarious, shameful, lamentable; flagrant, glaring; rare flagitious. ANTONYMS trivial, venial.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

grievous

griev ous /ɡríːvəs /形容詞 ｟かたく ｠〖通例 名詞 の前で 〗1 深刻 [重大 ]な 〈過ち 犯罪など 〉.2 重傷の, 耐え難く痛む 〈けがなど 〉.3 悲痛な 〈叫びなど 〉; 悲嘆すべき 〈事など 〉.～̀ b ò dily h á rm ｟英 ｠〘法 〙(故意による )重傷害 (｟略 ｠GBH ).～ly 副詞 ～ness 名詞