Seriousness

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Serious \Se"ri*ous\, a. [L. serius: cf. F. s['e]rieux, LL.
     seriosus.]
     1. Grave in manner or disposition; earnest; thoughtful;
        solemn; not light, gay, or volatile.
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              He is always serious, yet there is about his manner
              a graceful ease.                      --Macaulay.
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     2. Really intending what is said; being in earnest; not
        jesting or deceiving. --Beaconsfield.
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     3. Important; weighty; not trifling; grave.
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              The holy Scriptures bring to our ears the most
              serious things in the world.          --Young.
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     4. Hence, giving rise to apprehension; attended with danger;
        as, a serious injury.
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     Syn: Grave; solemn; earnest; sedate; important; weighty. See
          {Grave}.
          [1913 Webster] -- {Se"ri*ous*ly}, adv. --
          {Se"ri*ous*ness}, n.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  seriousness
       n 1: an earnest and sincere feeling [syn: {earnestness}, {sincerity}]
       2: the quality of arousing fear or distress; "he learned the
          seriousness of his illness" [syn: {distressfulness}]
       3: the trait of being serious; "a lack of solemnity is not
          necessarily a lack of seriousness"- Robert Rice [syn: {earnestness},
           {serious-mindedness}, {sincerity}] [ant: {frivolity}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  77 Moby Thesaurus words for "seriousness":
     abandon, ardency, ardor, commitment, committedness, decidedness,
     decision, decisiveness, decorousness, dedication, definiteness,
     demureness, determinateness, determination, determinedness,
     devotedness, devotion, devoutness, earnest, earnestness, faith,
     faithfulness, fervency, fervidness, fervor, fidelity, fire,
     formality, gravity, grimness, heartiness, heat, heatedness,
     impassionedness, intensity, intentness, long face, loyalty,
     moderation, no joke, no laughing matter, obstinacy, passion,
     passionateness, perseverance, persistence, purpose, purposefulness,
     relentlessness, resoluteness, resolution, resolve, resolvedness,
     sedateness, self-will, sincerity, single-mindedness,
     sober-mindedness, soberness, sobersidedness, sobersides, sobriety,
     solemnity, solemnness, somberness, spirit, staidness,
     straight face, temperance, tenacity, thoughtfulness,
     total commitment, vehemence, warmth, weightiness, will, zeal