Synonyms & related words for grievous

Find synonyms, related words, and the definition of grievous — including serious, severe, heartbreaking, weighty, atrocious, heavy. Dendril is a free visual thesaurus that shows them on an interactive map where stronger matches sit closer to the center — no signup, no ads.

Words related to grievous

Explore words related to grievous — words associated with it, words that go with it, and its nearest matches in meaning. Related words include grievousness, flagitious, grievously, afflictively, gravest, dolent, funest, overserious. Click any word to make it the center of the map and keep exploring the web of connections.

Synonyms for grievous

Common synonyms for grievous include serious, severe, heartbreaking, weighty, atrocious, heavy, heartrending, grave — words that share a close meaning. Hover or tap any word on the map for its definition and part of speech.

Where does grievous come from?

The word grievous breaks down into one root of Latin origin: the root griev-, from Latin gravis (“heavy”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.