GRIE'VOUSNESS, noun Oppressiveness; weight that gives pain or distress; as the grievousness of a burden. 1. Pain; affliction; calamity; distress; as the grievousness of sickness, war or famine. 2. Greatness; enormity; atrociousness; as the grievousness of sin or offenses.
Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary ↗ · public-domain · returned verbatim, no AI