— grievously , adv. — grievousness , n.
/gree"veuhs/ , adj.
1. causing grief or great sorrow: grievous news.
2. flagrant; outrageous; atrocious: a grievous offense against morality.
3. full of or expressing grief; sorrowful: a grievous cry.
4. burdensome or oppressive.
5. causing great pain or suffering: arrested for causing grievous bodily harm to someone in a bar.
[ 1250-1300; ME grevous grevo ( u ) s. See GRIEVE, -OUS ]
Syn. 1. distressing, sad, sorrowful, painful. 2. deplorable, lamentable, calamitous, heinous, flagitious, dreadful, shameful, iniquitous.
Ant. 1. delightful.