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difficult to endure
- the months of chemotherapy seemed almost as grievous an affliction as the cancer itself
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hard to accept or bear especially emotionally
- the death of a spouse can be a grievous loss from which one never recovers
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involving potential loss or injury
- a grievous wound that requires a doctor's immediate attention
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of a kind to cause great distress
- the grievous cost of the war in human lives weighed heavily on the president's mind
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The first known use of grievous was in the 13th century
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