Bible Dictionaries
Rievous

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(a.) Full of, or expressing, grief; showing great sorrow or affliction; as, a grievous cry.

(2):

(a.) Characterized by great atrocity; heinous; aggravated; flagitious; as, a grievous sin.

(3):

(a.) Causing grief or sorrow; painful; afflictive; hard to bear; offensive; harmful.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Rievous'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​r/rievous.html. 1828.