What does "grievous" mean?
Grievous: The thing was very grievous in Abraham's sight. Gen. xxi 11.
Additional senses
- 2.Characterized by great atrocity; heinous; aggravated; flagitious; as, a grievous sin. Gen. xviii.
- 3.3. Full of, or expressing, grief; showing great sorrow or affliction; as, a grievous cry. -- Griev"ous*ly, adv. -- Griev"ous*ness, n.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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