Grievous vs Calamitous - What's the difference?
grievous | calamitous | Related terms |
Causing grief, pain or sorrow.
* 1883 ,
Serious, grave, dire or dangerous.
Concerning or involving calamity, disastrous.
:The city was struck by a calamitous cyclone.
Grievous is a related term of calamitous.
As adjectives the difference between grievous and calamitous
is that grievous is causing grief, pain or sorrow while calamitous is concerning or involving calamity, disastrous.grievous
English
Alternative forms
* greuous (obsolete) * grievious (less common outside dialects)Adjective
(en adjective)- As for the captain, his wounds were grievous indeed but not dangerous.