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very serious and often causing a lot of pain or suffering

dangerous, grave, grievous, serious, severe, life-threatening(adj)

causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm

"a dangerous operation"; "a grave situation"; "a grave illness"; "grievous bodily harm"; "a serious wound"; "a serious turn of events"; "a severe case of pneumonia"; "a life-threatening disease"

grievous, heartbreaking, heartrending(adj)

causing or marked by grief or anguish

"a grievous loss"; "a grievous cry"; "her sigh was heartbreaking"; "the heartrending words of Rabin's granddaughter"

grave, grievous, heavy, weighty(adj)

of great gravity or crucial import; requiring serious thought

"grave responsibilities"; "faced a grave decision in a time of crisis"; "a grievous fault"; "heavy matters of state"; "the weighty matters to be discussed at the peace conference"

atrocious, flagitious, grievous, monstrous(adj)

shockingly brutal or cruel

"murder is an atrocious crime"; "a grievous offense against morality"; "a grievous crime"; "no excess was too monstrous for them to commit"

difficult to endure

the months of chemotherapy seemed almost as grievous an affliction as the cancer itself

hard to accept or bear especially emotionally

the death of a spouse can be a grievous loss from which one never recovers

involving potential loss or injury

a grievous wound that requires a doctor's immediate attention

of a kind to cause great distress

the grievous cost of the war in human lives weighed heavily on the president's mind

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