grievous:    griev·ous   [gree-vuhs]  adjective  1.  causing grief or great sorrow: grievous news.  2.  flagrant; outrageous; atrocious: a grievous offense against morality.  3.  full of or expressing grief; sorrowful: a grievous cry.  4.  burdensome or oppressive.  5.  causing great pain or suffering: arrested for causing grievous bodily harm to someone in a bar.