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Synonyms for grievous
adj severe, painful; serious- appalling
- atrocious
- calamitous
- damaging
- deplorable
- dire
- dreadful
- egregious
- flagrant
- glaring
- heinous
- intolerable
- lamentable
- monstrous
- outrageous
- shameful
- shocking
- tragic
- unbearable
- afflicting
- agonizing
- dismal
- disquieting
- distressing
- disturbing
- grave
- harmful
- heart-rending
- heavy
- hurtful
- injurious
- mournful
- offensive
- onerous
- oppressive
- pathetic
- pitiful
- sad
- sharp
- sorrowful
- taxing
- tough
- troublesome
- upsetting
- villainous
- weighty
- wounding
Antonyms for grievous
- acceptable
- bearable
- blessed
- comforting
- concealed
- delightful
- favorable
- fortunate
- good
- happy
- hidden
- little
- lucky
- magnificent
- mild
- pleasing
- tolerable
- wonderful
- harmless
- pleasant
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the
Philip Lief Group.
calamitous
adjective. disastrous; tragic
deplorable
adjective. unfortunate, shameful
- afflictive
- awful
- blameworthy
- bummer
- calamitous
- dire
- dirty
- disastrous
- disgraceful
- dishonorable
- disreputable
- distressing
- dolorous
- downer
- dreadful
- execrable
- faulty
- godawful
- grievous
- grim
- heartbreaking
- heartrending
- horrifying
- intolerable
- lamentable
- lousy
- melancholy
- miserable
- mournful
- opprobrious
- overwhelming
- pitiable
- poor
- regrettable
- reprehensible
- rotten
- sad
- scandalous
- sickening
- stinking
- terrible
- tragic
- unbearable
- unsatisfactory
- woeful
- wretched
dire
adjective. terrible, ominous
- afflictive
- alarming
- appalling
- awful
- black
- calamitous
- cataclysmic
- catastrophic
- cruel
- deplorable
- depressing
- disastrous
- dismal
- distressing
- dreadful
- fearful
- fierce
- frightful
- gloomy
- grievous
- grim
- heartbreaking
- horrible
- horrid
- lamentable
- oppressing
- portentous
- redoubtable
- regrettable
- ruinous
- scowling
- shocking
- terrific
- ugly
- unfortunate
- woeful
direst
adjective. terrible, ominous
- afflictive
- alarming
- appalling
- awful
- black
- calamitous
- cataclysmic
- catastrophic
- cruel
- deplorable
- depressing
- disastrous
- dismal
- distressing
- dreadful
- fearful
- fierce
- frightful
- gloomy
- grievous
- grim
- heartbreaking
- horrible
- horrid
- lamentable
- oppressing
- portentous
- redoubtable
- regrettable
- ruinous
- scowling
- shocking
- terrific
- ugly
- unfortunate
- woeful
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the
Philip Lief Group.