different between grievous vs lamentable
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)
- Causing grief, pain or sorrow.
- 1883, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island
- As for the captain, his wounds were grievous indeed but not dangerous.
- 1883, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island
- Serious, grave, dire or dangerous.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:lamentable
Translations
Anagrams
- grevious
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lamentable
English
Etymology
From Middle French lamentable, from Latin l?ment?bilis (“full of sorrow, mournful; deplorable”), from l?mentor (“lament”), from l?menta (“wailing, weeping”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /l??m?n.t?.b?l/, /?læm.?n.t?.b?l/
Adjective
lamentable (comparative more lamentable, superlative most lamentable)
- Causing sorrow, distress or regret; deplorable, pitiful or distressing.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:lamentable
Derived terms
- lamentability
- lamentableness
- lamentably
Related terms
- lament
Translations
Catalan
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /l?.m?n?ta.bl?/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /la.men?ta.ble/
Adjective
lamentable (masculine and feminine plural lamentables)
- lamentable, regrettable
Derived terms
- lamentablement
Related terms
- lamentar
Further reading
- “lamentable” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
French
Etymology
From Latin l?ment?bilis (“full of sorrow, mournful; deplorable”), from l?mentor (“lament”), from l?menta (“wailing, weeping”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /la.m??.tabl/
- Homophone: lamentables
- Rhymes: -abl
Adjective
lamentable (plural lamentables)
- lamentable; awful; deplorable
Derived terms
- lamentablement
Related terms
- lamenter
Further reading
- “lamentable” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin l?ment?bilis (“full of sorrow, mournful; deplorable”), from l?mentor (“lament”), from l?menta (“wailing, weeping”). Cognate with English lamentable.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /lamen?table/, [la.m?n??t?a.??le]
Adjective
lamentable (plural lamentables)
- lamentable, regrettable
- 2001, Julio Montes Ponce de León, Medio ambiente y desarrollo sostenido, Univ Pontifica Comillas ?ISBN, page 64
- 2001, Julio Montes Ponce de León, Medio ambiente y desarrollo sostenido, Univ Pontifica Comillas ?ISBN, page 64
Derived terms
- lamentablemente
Related terms
- lamentar (see for more terms)
Further reading
- “lamentable” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
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