grievous
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The remaining 4% are patients whose death was not imminent but had a "grievous and irremediable medical condition".
From BBC • May 15, 2026
“I had thought these were our deepest secrets, the things we kept entirely for each other,” she thinks, but by some grievous betrayal they have entered the public domain.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026
And it delivers a blunt message, warning that this executive order would inflict a grievous, possibly lethal moral harm on the nation.
From Slate • Feb. 27, 2026
If love is a complicated, beautiful and grievous thing, so is Fennell’s “Wuthering Heights.”
From Salon • Feb. 14, 2026
"A generous offer, my friend," the king said, "but too late. Lord Tywin has already given his consent. Fostering the boy elsewhere would be a grievous affront to him."
From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin
Vocabulary lists containing grievous
The SAT: Multiple-Meaning Words, List 6
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