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seriousness
se·ri·ous C0212100 (sîr′ē-əs)adj.1. Thoughtful, somber, or grave in manner: He became serious when he was asked about the economy.2. Not joking or trifling: I was serious when I said I liked your haircut.3. Deeply interested or involved: a serious golfer.4. Meriting great concern: a serious illness; a serious mistake.5. Performed with careful thought: a serious effort to reform tax policy.6. Pertaining to important rather than trivial matters: a serious discussion.7. Sincerely meant: mistook a sarcastic comment for a serious question.8. Intended for sophisticated people: serious music.9. Informal Of considerable size or scope; substantial: a serious amount of money.
[Middle English, from Old French serieux, from Late Latin sēriōsus, from Latin sērius.]
se′ri·ous·ly adv.se′ri·ous·ness n.Synonyms: serious, sober, grave2, solemn, earnest1
These adjectives refer to manner, appearance, disposition, or acts marked by absorption in thought, pressing concerns, or significant work. Serious implies a concern with responsibility and work as opposed to play: serious students of music. Sober emphasizes circumspection and self-restraint: "When ... his sober demeanor gave way at the graveside, it was with the severity of one bereft beyond redemption" (Philip Roth).
Grave suggests the dignity and somberness associated with weighty matters: "a little girl with brownish-blackish hair standing at one of those windows like a grave captain at the prow of a ship" (Stacey D'Erasmo).
Solemn often adds to grave the suggestion of impressiveness: The judge was solemn when issuing the sentence. Earnest implies sincerity and intensity of purpose: We are earnest in our desire to reach an equitable solution.Seriousness - Bearing his earnestness like an emblem —Donald MacKenzie
- Every man will have his hours of seriousness; but like the hours of rest, they often are ill-chosen and unwholesome —Walter Savage Landor
- Grave as a judge that’s giving charge —Samuel Wesley
- Grave as an old cat —Anon
- Grave as an owl in a barn —George Farquhar
- Sedate as a committeeman —William Mcllvanney
- Serious as a doctor —Eudora Welty
- Serious as an overdue mortgage —Alexander King
- Serious as a pig pissin’ —C. J. Koch
- (You are so) serious, as if a glacier spoke in your ear —Frank O’Hara
- Serious as if at church —Émile Zola
- Serious as the Ten Commandments —W. B. Yeats
- Serious like a hyacinth … which has had no sun —Virginia Woolf
- Sober as a bone —Erich Maria Remarque
- Sober as a coroner inspecting a corpse —Amelie Rives
- Sober as a judge —Anon
According to Stevenson’s Book of Proverbs, Maxims and Famous Sayings, John Arbuthnot used the simile in John Bull in 1712, and 22 years later, Henry Fielding used it in Don Quixote In England. Since then, it has become common usage; its meaning more frequently tied to a serious manner than sobriety. In one of his Tutt and Tutt legal stories, Arthur Train added an interesting note of specificity with “Sober as a Kansas judge.” - Solemn as a child in shock —C. J. Koch
- Solemn as a clergyman —Nina Bawden
- Solemn as a lawyer at a will reading —J. B. Priestley
- Solemn as a nun —R. Wright Campbell
- Solemn as a soldier going to the front —Norman Mailer
- Solemn as kewpie dolls —Diane Ackerman
- Solemnly agreed, as though pledging allegiance to the flag —Robert Traver
See Also: AGREEMENT/DISAGREEMENT - Stern as a Tartar —Lorenz Hart
The Tartar described is Queen Elizabeth. This is also the title of a song from Hart’s lyrics for The Garried Gaities of 1926.
Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  seriousness - an earnest and sincere feeling earnestness, sinceritysolemnity, gravity - a solemn and dignified feeling | | 2. | seriousness - the quality of arousing fear or distress; "he learned the seriousness of his illness"distressfulnesssevereness, severity, badness - used of the degree of something undesirable e.g. pain or weather | | 3. | seriousness - the trait of being serious; "a lack of solemnity is not necessarily a lack of seriousness"- Robert Riceserious-mindedness, earnestness, sinceritytrait - a distinguishing feature of your personal naturecommitment, committedness - the trait of sincere and steadfast fixity of purpose; "a man of energy and commitment"graveness, gravity, soberness, sobriety, somberness, sombreness - a manner that is serious and solemnsedateness, solemness, solemnity, staidness - a trait of dignified seriousnessfrivolity, frivolousness - the trait of being frivolous; not serious or sensible |
seriousnessnoun1. importance, gravity, urgency, moment, weight, danger, significance the seriousness of the crisis2. solemnity, gravity, earnestness, sobriety, gravitas, sternness, humourlessness, staidness, sedateness They had shown a commitment and a seriousness of purpose.seriousnessnoun1. Sober sincerity:earnestness, sobersidedness.2. The condition of being grave and of involving serious consequences:graveness, gravity, momentousness, weightiness.Translationsserious (ˈsiəriəs) adjective1. grave or solemn. a quiet, serious boy; You're looking very serious. 嚴肅的 严肃的2. (often with about) in earnest; sincere. Is he serious about wanting to be a doctor? 認真的 认真的，真诚的 3. intended to make people think. He reads very serious books. 啟發思考的 深思的4. causing worry; dangerous. a serious head injury; The situation is becoming serious. 嚴重的 严重的ˈseriousness noun 嚴肅，嚴重性 严重性ˈseriously adverb in a serious way; to a serious extent. Is he seriously thinking of being an actor?; She is seriously ill. 嚴重地，認真地，嚴肅地 严重地，认真地，严肃地 take (someone or something) seriously1. to regard (a person or his statement etc) as in earnest. You mustn't take his jokes/promises seriously. 認真看待 认真看待2. to regard (a matter) as a subject for concern or serious thought. He refuses to take anything seriously. 嚴肅面對 严肃看待IdiomsSeeseriousMedicalSeeSeriousseriousness
Synonyms for seriousnessnoun importanceSynonyms- importance
- gravity
- urgency
- moment
- weight
- danger
- significance
noun solemnitySynonyms- solemnity
- gravity
- earnestness
- sobriety
- gravitas
- sternness
- humourlessness
- staidness
- sedateness
Synonyms for seriousnessnoun sober sinceritySynonyms- earnestness
- sobersidedness
noun the condition of being grave and of involving serious consequencesSynonyms- graveness
- gravity
- momentousness
- weightiness
Synonyms for seriousnessnoun an earnest and sincere feelingSynonymsRelated Wordsnoun the quality of arousing fear or distressSynonymsRelated Words- severeness
- severity
- badness
noun the trait of being seriousSynonyms- serious-mindedness
- earnestness
- sincerity
Related Words- trait
- commitment
- committedness
- graveness
- gravity
- soberness
- sobriety
- somberness
- sombreness
- sedateness
- solemness
- solemnity
- staidness
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