grievous 1
adjectivedomain: all adj
Princeton WordNet [ver.3.1]
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EnglishDefinition
causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm
Examples
- 1.a grave situation
- 2.a grave illness
- 3.a life-threatening disease
- 4.a serious turn of events
- 5.a dangerous operation
- 6.a serious wound
- 7.a severe case of pneumonia
- 8.grievous bodily harm
Synonyms
- dangerous 2
causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm
- grave 2
causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm
- serious 3
causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm
- severe 5
causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm
- life-threatening 1
causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm
