Word: grievous
Part of speech: Adjective
Syllables: griev
ous
Definition: Causing grief, pain or sorrow.
Morphemes:
Affix: grieve
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To cause sorrow or distress to.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: grever
Language: fro
Decoded: grever
Meaning: to burden
Affix: -ous
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form adjectives from nouns, to denote possession or presence of a quality in any degree, commonly in abundance.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -ōsus
Language: la
Decoded: -osus
Meaning: full, full of