Grievous and Sheer

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Grievous adjective - Difficult to endure.

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

Nearby Words: grieve, grieved, grieving, grievously

Sheer adjective - Very thin and easy to see through.

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Grievous and sheer are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Grievous" instead an adjective "Sheer".

Nearby Words: sheered, sheering

Worse, even the most grievous injuries cannot kill them and eventually the sheer weight of suffering turns them into (very large) diamonds.

Source: Age Without Youth

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