grievous

Day 41Level 1

GREE-vuhs

causing suffering

causing pain and suffering; atrocious

Part of Speech: adjective

Synonyms:

distressing, burdensome, oppressive

Antonyms:

pleasant, harmless

Example Sentence:

He succumbed to grievous injuries following a murderous assault in county jail.

Related Words

contamination

uh-duhl-tuh-REY-shuhn

making impure in quality; contamination

leniency

KLEH-muhn-see

merciful leniency

aware

KOG-nuh-zuhnt

being fully informed or aware of

quarrelsome

kun-TEN-shuhs

causing argument; quarrelsome

cranky person

kuhr-MUH-juhn

a cranky, bad-tempered person

to depict

dih-LIN-ee-eyt

to describe or explain something in detail