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Troublesome vs Grievous - What's the difference?

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Troublesome is a related term of grievous.


As adjectives the difference between troublesome and grievous

is that troublesome is giving trouble or anxiety; vexatious; burdensome; wearisome while grievous is causing grief, pain or sorrow.

troublesome

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Giving trouble or anxiety; vexatious; burdensome; wearisome.
    • The computer has been very troublesome for me. It never works when I need to use it.

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    Antonyms

    * untroublesome * nontroublesome

    grievous

    English

    Alternative forms

    * greuous (obsolete) * grievious (less common outside dialects)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Causing grief, pain or sorrow.
  • * 1883 ,
    • As for the captain, his wounds were grievous indeed but not dangerous.
  • Serious, grave, dire or dangerous.

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