grievous
a. துன்பந்தருகிற, பொறுக்கமுடியாத, பெருங்கேடு செய்கிற, இடர்ப்பாடான, தீங்கான.
Synonyms
sad
heavy
afflictive
lamentable
deplorable
sorrowful
painful
burdensome
calamitous
baleful
hurtful
disastrous
unhappy
Antonyms
Griev"ous, a. Etym: [OF. grevous, grevos, LL. gravosus. See Grief.] 1. Causing grief or sorrow; painful; afflictive; hard to bear; offensive; harmful. The famine was grievous in the land. Gen. xii. 10. The thing was very grievous in Abraham's sight. Gen. xxi 11. 2. Characterized by great atrocity; heinous; aggravated; flagitious; as, a grievous sin. Gen. xviii. 20. 3. Full of, or expressing, grief; showing great sorrow or affliction; as, a grievous cry. -- Griev"ous*ly, adv. -- Griev"ous*ness, n.