grievous [gree-vuhs]
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grievous [gree-vuhs]
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: severe, painful; serious
Synonyms: afflicting, agonizing, appalling, atrocious, calamitous, damaging, deplorable, dire, dismal, disquieting, distressing, disturbing, dreadful, egregious, flagrant, glaring, grave, harmful, heart-rending, heavy*, heinous, hurtful, injurious, intolerable, lamentable, monstrous, mournful, offensive, onerous, oppressive, outrageous, pathetic, pitiful, sad, shameful, sharp, shocking, sorrowful, taxing, tough, tragic, troublesome, unbearable, upsetting, villainous, weighty, wounding
Antonyms: good, harmless, pleasant
Main Entry: calamitous
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: disastrous; tragic
Synonyms: adverse, afflictive, blighting, cataclysmic, catastrophic, deadly, deplorable, devastating, dire, fatal, grievous, harmful, heartbreaking, lamentable, messy, pernicious, regrettable, ruinous, unfavorable, unfortunate, woeful
Antonyms: blessed, comforting, favorable, fortunate, happy, joyous, wonderful
Main Entry: demanding
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: challenging, urgent
Synonyms: ambitious, backbreaker, bothersome, clamorous, critical, dictatorial, difficult, exacting, exhausting, exigent, fussy, grievous, hard, imperious, importunate, insistent, nagging, onerous, oppressive, pressing, querulous, strict, stringent, taxing, tough, troublesome, trying, wearing, weighty
Antonyms: easy, facile, trivial, unchallenging, undemanding
Main Entry: deplorable
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: unfortunate, shameful
Synonyms: 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
Antonyms: cheerful, delightful, excellent, good, happy, shameless
Main Entry: dire
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: terrible, ominous
Synonyms: 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
Antonyms: fortunate, good, lucky, nice
Main Entry: distasteful
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: repulsive, unpleasant
Synonyms: abhorrent, abominable, afflictive, bitter, detestable, disagreeable, dislikable, displeasing, flat, flavorless, galling, grievous, grody, gross*, hateful, icky, insipid, loathsome, nauseous, objectionable, obnoxious, odious, offensive, painful, repellent, repugnant, savorless, tasteless, unappetizing, undesirable, uninviting, unlikable, unpalatable, unsavory, yicky, yucky
Antonyms: agreeable, delectable, delicious, palatable, pleasant, pleasing
Main Entry: dolorous
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: miserable, anguished
Synonyms: afflicted, afflictive, calamitous, deplorable, dire, distressing, doleful, dolent, dolesome, dolorific, grievous, harrowing, heart-rending, lamentable, lugubrious, melancholy, mournful, painful, plaintive, regrettable, rueful, ruthful, sad, sorrowful, woebegone, woeful, wretched
Antonyms: cheery, happy, hopeful
Main Entry: dreadful
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: horrible, frightening
Synonyms: abominable, alarming, appalling, atrocious, awful, bad, beastly, creepy*, dire, distressing, fearful, formidable, frightful, frozen, ghastly, godawful, grievous, grim, grody, gross*, hideous, horrendous, horrific, icky, lousy, mean, monstrous, rotten, shameful, shocking, shuddersome, spooky, terrible, terrific, tragic, tremendous, wicked
Antonyms: pleasant, pleasing, welcomed, wonderful
Main Entry: egregious
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: outstandingly bad; outrageous
Synonyms: arrant, atrocious, capital, deplorable, extreme, flagrant, glaring, grievous, gross*, heinous, infamous, insufferable, intolerable, monstrous, nefarious, notorious, outright, preposterous, rank, scandalous, shocking, stark
Notes: egregious means conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible; exceptional means well above average or surpassing what is common or usual or expected
Antonyms: little, minor, secondary, slight
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