1. Character Quotes
  2. grievous vs fiendish

different between grievous vs fiendish

grievous

English

Alternative forms

  • greuous (obsolete)
  • grievious, grevious (less common / nonstandard outside dialects)

Etymology

From grieve, from Middle English greven, from Old French grever, from Latin grav? (“I burden”). Developed in the 13th century.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /??i?.v?s/
  • Rhymes: -i?v?s
  • (nonstandard outside dialects) IPA(key): /??i?.vi?.?s/ (often used in conjunction with the spelling grievious)

Adjective

grievous (comparative more grievous, superlative most grievous)

  1. Causing grief, pain or sorrow.
    • 1883, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island
      As for the captain, his wounds were grievous indeed but not dangerous.
  2. Serious, grave, dire or dangerous.

Synonyms

  • See also Thesaurus:lamentable

Translations

Anagrams

  • grevious

grievous From the web:

  • what grievous bodily harm
  • what's grievous body harm
  • grievous meaning
  • what's grievous injury
  • what grievous bodily harm means
  • what grievous sin
  • what generous mean in the bible
  • what's grievously wounded mean

fiendish

English

Etymology

fiend +? -ish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?fi?nd??/

Adjective

fiendish (comparative more fiendish, superlative most fiendish)

  1. Sinister; evil; like a fiend.
    Synonym: conniving
  2. very difficult

Derived terms

  • fiendishly
  • fiendishness

Translations

Anagrams

  • finished

fiendish From the web:

  • what fiendish prototype is this
  • fiendish meaning
  • what does fiendish mean
  • what is fiendish sudoku
  • what does fiendish mean in english
  • what does fiendish
  • what do fiendish mean
  • what does fiendish mean definition
+1
Share
Pin
Like
Send
Share

you may also like

Copyright © 2024 Quotes