self-serious

Adjective

Meaning

self-serious (comparative more self-serious, superlative most self-serious)

Taking oneself too seriously, pretentiously and humorlessly convinced of one's own seriousness.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

It’s hard to believe now, after the merry mayhem of its third and final season, but was once seen as the most crushingly self-serious show on TV. Source: Internet

You’ll likely assume things, perhaps about disaffected service and self-serious patrons, but then you’ll likely get the warmest staff welcome you’ve received in a Seattle bar recently—and from a bartender you’ve never met. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

self-selector self-sensual self-sentiment self-seriousness self-serve self-serve bar