All 6 Uses of
grievous
in
Antigone
- To me, Antigone, no word of friends Has come, or glad or grievous, since we twain Were reft of our two brethren in one day By double fratricide; and since i' the night Our Argive leaguers fled, no later news Has reached me, to inspirit or deject.†
grievous = very serious; or very bad
- CHORUS On younger shoulders lay this grievous charge.†
- I was glad—and grieved; For 'tis most sweet to 'scape oneself scot-free, And yet to bring disaster to a friend Is grievous.†
- To yield is grievous, but the obstinate soul That fights with Fate, is smitten grievously.†
- the obstinate soul that fights with Fate, is smitten grievously.
*grievously = very badly (causing grief)
- Sorrows are thine, my lord, and more to come, One lying at thy feet, another yet More grievous waits thee, when thou comest home.†
grievous = very serious; or very bad
Definition:
very serious; or very bad; or causing grief