grievesome

comparative more grievesome · superlative most grievesome · alternative grieve-some

1. Marked by grief or grieving; grievous.

   One instrument is plaintive, grievesome, high pitched: a little boy's whine.

   1989, Ira Sadoff, Emotional Traffic

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   What hypocrites will be confronted with, in return for their hypocrisy, is a grievesome torment, both in this world and beyond.

   2004, Harun Yahya, The Hypocrite According To The Qur’an

   'I can't thank you enough for the lovely time I've had with you. Yes, it has been a lovely time. I thought it would be a sad and grieve-some period but it's been really enjoyable.

   2013, Elizabeth Lister, Nothing Stays the Same

   But for my part, I find it impossible to imagine a grief with no awareness of a grievesome event, exhausted entirely by bodily sensations.

   2015, Uriah Kriegel, The Varieties of Consciousness