Mr T (19 years old) avoided conviction for murder, but was found guilty of grievous bodily harm for having intentionally caused wounds.
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Grievous
/ˈɡɹiː.vəs/
Synonyms for "grievous" (185 found)
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Closest matches (37)
Strong matches (56)
Related words (92)
hurtfulin griefinfamousintolerablejoylesskeenlamentableloathsomelousylugubriousmajormonstrousmournfulmovingnastynefariousnoisomenotoriousobnoxiousodious
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Verb(1 words)
Adjective(6 words)
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5 entriesgrievous bereavementgrievous errorgrievous injurygrievous lossgrievous offense
Collocations
6 entriesgrievous bodily harmgrievous consequencesgrievous errorgrievous harmgrievous injurygrievous loss
Inflections
2 entriesmore grievousmost grievous
Derivations
2 entriessimilar
5 entriesSample sentences
13 total sentences available.
You know Grievous Bodily Harm? Just how bad do the injuries have to be before it counts as Grievous?
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This is a grievous mistake.
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His hands were clenched and his arms thrown abroad, while his lower limbs were interlocked, as though his death struggle had been a grievous one.
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