Grievous
Grievous adjective - Difficult to endure.
Usage example: the months of chemotherapy seemed almost as grievous an affliction as the cancer itself
Unendurable and grievous are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Unendurable" instead an adjective "Grievous".
Unendurable
Unendurable adjective - More than can be put up with.
Grievous and unendurable are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Grievous" instead an adjective "Unendurable".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- intolerable and grievous
- intolerable and unendurable
- painful and grievous
- painful and unendurable
- agonizing and grievous
- agonizing and unendurable
- unbearable and grievous
- unbearable and unendurable
- heavy and grievous
- heavy and unendurable
- hard and grievous
- hard and unendurable
- severe and grievous
- severe and unendurable
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