slovo | definícia |
grievous (encz) | grievous,bolestivý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
grievous (encz) | grievous,tragický adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Grievous (gcide) | Grievous \Griev"ous\, a. [OF. grevous, grevos, LL. gravosus. See
Grief.]
1. Causing grief or sorrow; painful; afflictive; hard to
bear; offensive; harmful.
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The famine was grievous in the land. --Gen. xii.
10.
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The thing was very grievous in Abraham's sight.
--Gen. xxi.
11.
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2. Characterized by great atrocity; heinous; aggravated;
flagitious; as, a grievous sin. --Gen. xviii. 20.
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3. Full of, or expressing, grief; showing great sorrow or
affliction; as, a grievous cry. -- Griev"ous*ly, adv. --
Griev"ous*ness, n.
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grievous (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] |
| podobné slovo | definícia |
grievous bodily harm (encz) | grievous bodily harm, n: |
grievously (encz) | grievously,tragicky adv: Zdeněk Brožgrievously,trýznivě adv: Zdeněk Brož |
grievousness (encz) | grievousness,bolestivost n: Zdeněk Brožgrievousness,žalostnost n: Zdeněk Brož |
Grievous (gcide) | Grievous \Griev"ous\, a. [OF. grevous, grevos, LL. gravosus. See
Grief.]
1. Causing grief or sorrow; painful; afflictive; hard to
bear; offensive; harmful.
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The famine was grievous in the land. --Gen. xii.
10.
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The thing was very grievous in Abraham's sight.
--Gen. xxi.
11.
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2. Characterized by great atrocity; heinous; aggravated;
flagitious; as, a grievous sin. --Gen. xviii. 20.
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3. Full of, or expressing, grief; showing great sorrow or
affliction; as, a grievous cry. -- Griev"ous*ly, adv. --
Griev"ous*ness, n.
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Grievously (gcide) | Grievous \Griev"ous\, a. [OF. grevous, grevos, LL. gravosus. See
Grief.]
1. Causing grief or sorrow; painful; afflictive; hard to
bear; offensive; harmful.
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The famine was grievous in the land. --Gen. xii.
10.
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The thing was very grievous in Abraham's sight.
--Gen. xxi.
11.
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2. Characterized by great atrocity; heinous; aggravated;
flagitious; as, a grievous sin. --Gen. xviii. 20.
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3. Full of, or expressing, grief; showing great sorrow or
affliction; as, a grievous cry. -- Griev"ous*ly, adv. --
Griev"ous*ness, n.
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Grievousness (gcide) | Grievous \Griev"ous\, a. [OF. grevous, grevos, LL. gravosus. See
Grief.]
1. Causing grief or sorrow; painful; afflictive; hard to
bear; offensive; harmful.
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The famine was grievous in the land. --Gen. xii.
10.
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The thing was very grievous in Abraham's sight.
--Gen. xxi.
11.
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2. Characterized by great atrocity; heinous; aggravated;
flagitious; as, a grievous sin. --Gen. xviii. 20.
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3. Full of, or expressing, grief; showing great sorrow or
affliction; as, a grievous cry. -- Griev"ous*ly, adv. --
Griev"ous*ness, n.
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grievous bodily harm (wn) | grievous bodily harm
n 1: street names for gamma hydroxybutyrate [syn: soap,
scoop, max, liquid ecstasy, grievous bodily harm,
goop, Georgia home boy, easy lay] |
grievously (wn) | grievously
adv 1: in a grievous manner; "the resolute but unbroken Germany,
grievously wounded but far from destruction, was able to
lay the firm foundations for military revival" |
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