- grievousness
- noun see grievous
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
grievousness
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grievousness — c.1300, from GRIEVOUS (Cf. grievous) + NESS (Cf. ness) … Etymology dictionary
grievousness — grievous ► ADJECTIVE formal ▪ (of something bad) very severe or serious. DERIVATIVES grievously adverb grievousness noun … English terms dictionary
Grievousness — Grievous Griev ous, a. [OF. grevous, grevos, LL. gravosus. See {Grief}.] 1. Causing grief or sorrow; painful; afflictive; hard to bear; offensive; harmful. [1913 Webster] The famine was grievous in the land. Gen. xii. 10. [1913 Webster] The thing … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
grievousness — See grievously. * * * … Universalium
grievousness — noun the quality or state of being grievous … Wiktionary
grievousness — griev·ous·ness || griËvÉ™snɪs n. quality of being grievous … English contemporary dictionary
grievousness — griev·ous·ness … English syllables
grievousness — noun ( es) Etymology: Middle English grevousnesse, from grevous + nesse ness : the quality or state of being grievous … Useful english dictionary
Theft — • The secret taking of another s property against the reasonable will of that other Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Theft Theft … Catholic encyclopedia
grievous — adjective Date: 13th century 1. causing or characterized by severe pain, suffering, or sorrow < a grievous wound > < a grievous loss > 2. oppressive, onerous < grievous costs of war > 3. serious, grave < grievous … New Collegiate Dictionary
