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grievous
very serious or severe; causing great suffering
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Questions about “grievous”
Grievous (adjective) means very serious or severe; causing great suffering
Here is grievous used in an example sentence: "The accountant's grievous error went unnoticed for months and ultimately cost the firm millions."
Common synonyms for grievous include grave, severe, serious, dire.
Antonyms of grievous include trivial, minor, slight.
Grievous is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.
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