seriousness

Noun

Meaning

the quality of arousing fear or distress

the trait of being serious

an earnest and sincere feeling

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

sincerity earnestness distressfulness serious-mindedness temperance degree hard serious importance extent severe moment magnitude consequence gravity

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Antonyms

frivolity dido fandango moo yip jinks

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Hypernyms

badness gravity severity solemnity trait severeness

Hyponyms

gravity commitment sobriety solemnity somberness sombreness

Related terms

self-seriousness

Phrases with the word

expected seriousness think about something in all seriousness think about something with all seriousness in all seriousness

Examples

Seriousness is the only refuge of the shallow. Oscar Wilde

Plato says a multitude can never philosophize and hence can never recognize the seriousness of philosophy or who really philosophizes. Attempting to influence the multitude results in forced prostitution. Allan Bloom

The seriousness of my situation started to sink in, and again I fought panic. I pushed it down, but it was harder this time, like my insides were an open can of shaken soda and I was trying to keep it from bubbling up out of the top. Abby Sunderland

Frankly, we doubt the veracity and seriousness of the United States in regard to achieving results that would be acceptable to both sides in Geneva. Dmitriy Ustinov

From Toscanini I learnt the essential and desperate seriousness of making music. Georg Solti

Seriousness and mildness ought to work in unison. Swedish Proverb

Close letter words and terms

seriously in the past seriously injured seriously wounded seripauperin seriph Seriphidium