Synonyms of grievously

grievously

adverb

as in bitterly

with feelings of bitterness or grief

I was grievously disappointed not to be invited to the wedding

Synonyms & Similar Words

• bitterly
• sorrowfully
• sadly
• painfully
• mournfully
• hard
• severely
• sharply
• woefully
• sorely
• harshly
• unhappily
• regretfully
• wretchedly
• agonizingly
• inconsolably
• dolorously
• resentfully
• ruefully
• dolefully
• lugubriously
• plaintively
• wailfully
• hardly
• miserably
• abjectly
• despairingly
• acutely
• dismally
• distressfully
• distressingly
• disconsolately
• dispiritedly
• cheerlessly
• cruelly
• dejectedly
• darkly
• despondently
• drearily
• pessimistically
• morosely
• sullenly
• forlornly
• dourly
• blackly
• keenly
• gloomily
• somberly
• ill
• glumly
• poignantly
• mirthlessly
• joylessly
• hurtfully
• piercingly
• downheartedly
• crestfallenly
• rancorously
• low-spiritedly

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• joyfully
• happily
• blissfully
• joyously
• gladly
• cheerfully
• gleefully
• delightedly
• merrily
• lightly
• easily
• gaily
• cheerily
• lightheartedly
• casually
• indifferently
• blithely
• calmly
• unconcernedly
• dispassionately
• favorably
• mirthfully
• nonchalantly
• stoically
• rejoicingly
• good-naturedly
• impassively
• well
• sunnily
• blithesomely

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of grievously

When religion is made to serve the work of empire rather than the work of liberation, something has gone grievously wrong. — Otis Moss Iii, Chicago Tribune, 28 June 2026

But her sister’s head was grievously misshapen. — New York Times, 21 June 2026

The child, identified as Finley Baker, was grievously injured in the three-way collision on a Lincolnshire road on March 19, 2025, Lincolnshire police said in a statement. — Samira Asma-Sadeque, PEOPLE, 11 June 2026

Justice Curtis Farber handed down the sentence to Alejandro Piedra, 32, for claiming the life of 38-year-old Clemson Cockfield, and grievously injuring the victim’s wife, Jennifer Cockfield, and another man, Jonathan Lopez, during a bloody melee on June 23, 2024. — Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 26 May 2026

Jury selection continued Friday in Woodland ahead of Carlos Reales Dominguez’s second murder trial in the deadly Davis knife attacks that left two men dead, a woman grievously wounded and a city terrorized in 2023. — Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 23 May 2026

The director, Antoine Fuqua, working with a script by John Logan, portrays Michael as an emotionally stunted and grievously wounded artist of historic greatness. — Sheldon Pearce, New Yorker, 24 Apr. 2026

The integrity, independence, and diversity of our industry would be grievously compromised. — Matt Grobar, Deadline, 15 Apr. 2026

The integrity, independence, and diversity of our industry would be grievously compromised. — Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 13 Apr. 2026