grievous

Meaning

1. Causing grief, pain, or sorrow.
2. Serious, grave, dire, or dangerous.

Synonyms

sad

☹️

sorrowful

grave

🪦

serious

doleful

mournful

heavy

arduous

miserable

severe

distressing

woeful

flagitious

atrocious

exacting

regretful

monstrous

pathetic

tough

bleak

awkward

heartrending

causing grief

troublous

tragic

very severe

weighty

hurtful

heartbreaking

seriously

severely

depressed

saddening

deplorable

painful

dangerous

challenging

melancholic

bad

👎

lamentable

burdensome

life-threatening

big

hard

downcast

dolorous

blasting

displeasing

dismal

black

Translations

grave

grave

zwaar

doloroso

pijnlijk

pénible

schmerzlich

smartelijk

atroz

doloroso

kränkend

lourd

considérable

atroce

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɡɹiː.vəs/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: grevous

In summary

From Middle English grevous, from Anglo-Norman grevous, from Old French grever, from Latin gravō (“I burden”). Developed in the 13th century. Equivalent to grief + -ous.