Grievous and Saddening

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Grievous adjective - Difficult to endure.

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Saddening and grievous are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Saddening" instead an adjective "Grievous".

Nearby Words: grieve, grieved, grieving, grievously

Saddening adjective - Causing unhappiness.

Usage example: the saddening discovery that something is threatening the birds in the area

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Grievous and saddening are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Grievous" instead an adjective "Saddening".

Nearby Words: sadden, saddened

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