Synonyms and Antonyms of grievous
1
difficult to endure - The loss of their biggest customer was a grievous blow to the business.
bitter, brutal, burdensome, cruel, excruciating, grim, hard, harsh, heavy, inhuman, murderous, onerous, oppressive, rough, rugged, searing, severe, stiff, tough, trying
austere, bleak, comfortless, discomforting, forbidding, inhospitable, spartan, uncomfortable
rigorous, strict, stringent
agonizing, heartbreaking, heartrending, painful, wretched
crushing, grinding, overwhelming, wearing
insufferable, insupportable, intolerable, unbearable, unendurable
harrowing, tortuous
bad, disagreeable, hostile, unfriendly, unpleasant
comfortable, cozy, luxurious, snug
agreeable, friendly, genial, hospitable, pleasant
peaceful, relaxing, reposeful, restful
bearable, endurable, painless, tolerable
balmy, calm, clement, gentle, mild, moderate, temperate
2
hard to accept or bear especially emotionally - the grievous loss of a loved one
afflicting, agonizing, bitter, cruel, excruciating, galling, harrowing, harsh, heartrending, hurtful, painful, tormenting, torturous
insufferable, insupportable, intolerable, unacceptable, unbearable, unendurable, unsupportable
appalling, awful, bad, dire, dreadful, ghastly, horrible, miserable, nasty, rotten, severe, terrible, vile, wretched
acute, extreme, intense, piercing
3
involving potential loss or injury - a grievous wound that requires a doctor's immediate attention
dangerous, grave, hazardous, jeopardizing, menacing, parlous, perilous, risky, serious, threatening, unhealthy, unsafe, venturesome
dicey, insecure, precarious, treacherous, uncertain
ultrahazardous
chance, haphazard, random
adverse, bad, baleful, baneful, deleterious, detrimental, evil, harmful, hurtful, ill, inimical, injurious, malignant, nasty, noxious, pernicious, pestilent
deadly, deathly, destructive, dire, fatal, fateful, lethal, mortal, murderous
4
of a kind to cause great distress - The grievous cost of the war weighed heavily on the president's mind.
deplorable, distressful, distressing, heartbreaking, heartrending, lamentable, regrettable, tragic (also tragical), unfortunate, unlucky, woeful
troublesome, vexatious
affecting, doleful, moving, piteous, poignant, ruthful, touching
awful, dire, dreadful, fearful, severe, terrible
alarming, disturbing, perturbing, traumatic, unsettling
crushing, excruciating, harrowing, horrible, horrifying, intolerable, overwhelming, shocking, sickening, unbearable
miserable, pitiful, sad, wretched
calamitous, disastrous
