Vocabulary
Grievous
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
(of something bad) very severe or serious.
Urdu meaning
خطرناک ، تشویشناک، سنگین
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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is assuming grievous proportions and recent visitors to camps have described their plight as `the greatest horror of the modern world`.
Dawn Editorials —
Seventy-five years ago Anxiety for refugees
— 2026-02-27
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Pakistan has paid a grievous price in blood over decades of terrorism.
Dawn Editorials —
Paper proscriptions
— 2026-02-22
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The matter may not be as grievous as abuse but the lessons can still apply to so much else.
Dawn Editorials —
Just a film
— 2025-07-08
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The most grievous of the tax measures include the withdrawal of a rebate for school teachers and university professors.
Dawn Editorials —
Taxman`s powers of arrest
— 2025-06-19
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AS the bloodbath in the Middle East continues unabated from the Israeli genocide in Gaza, to the American aggression against Yemen the `democracies` of the West as well as members of the `ummah` remain unmoved by the grievous loss of life.
Dawn Editorials —
Middle East carnage
— 2025-04-21
Synonyms
serious, severe, grave, bad, critical, dreadful, terrible, awful, painful, agonizing
Antonyms
slight, trivial, good, venial
Curator example
“his death was a grievous blow”
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