Synonyms: dangerous, grave, grievous, life-threatening, serious, severe
Definition: causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm
Usage: a dangerous operation; a grave situation; a grave illness; grievous bodily harm; a serious wound; a serious turn of events; a severe case of pneumonia; a life-threatening disease
Similar words: critical
Definition: being in or verging on a state of crisis or emergency
Usage: a critical shortage of food; a critical illness; an illness at the critical stage
Synonyms: flagitious, monstrous, grievous, atrocious
Definition: shockingly brutal or cruel
Usage: murder is an atrocious crime; a grievous offense against morality; a grievous crime; no excess was too monstrous for them to commit
Similar words: evil
Definition: morally bad or wrong
Usage: evil purposes; an evil influence; evil deeds
Synonyms: grave, grievous, heavy, weighty
Definition: of great gravity or crucial import; requiring serious thought
Usage: grave responsibilities; faced a grave decision in a time of crisis; a grievous fault; heavy matters of state; the weighty matters to be discussed at the peace conference
Similar words: important, of import
Definition: of great significance or value
Usage: important people; the important questions of the day
Synonyms: heartbreaking, heartrending, grievous
Definition: causing or marked by grief or anguish
Usage: a grievous loss; a grievous cry; her sigh was heartbreaking; the heartrending words of Rabin's granddaughter
Similar words: sorrowful
Definition: experiencing or marked by or expressing sorrow especially that associated with irreparable loss
Usage: sorrowful widows; a sorrowful tale of death and despair; sorrowful news; even in laughter the heart is sorrowful- Proverbs 14:13