| NOUN | feeling | seriousness, earnestness, sincerity | an earnest / earnest and sincere feeling |
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| attribute | seriousness, distressfulness | the quality of arousing fear or distress | |
| attribute | seriousness, earnestness, serious-mindedness, sincerity | the trait of being serious |
| Sounds | sih'riyahsnahs | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | abacus ... zealous: 1164 rhymes with ahs... | |
| Meaning | An earnest / earnest and sincere feeling. | |
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| Synonyms | earnestness, sincerity | |
| Broader | gravity, solemnity | A solemn and dignified feeling |
| Spanish | sinceridad | |
| Catalan | sinceritat | |
| Meaning | The quality of arousing fear or distress. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "he learned the seriousness of his illness" | |
| Synonym | distressfulness | |
| Broader | badness, severity, severeness | Used of the degree of something undesirable e.g. pain or weather |
| Spanish | gravedad, seriedad | |
| Catalan | gravetat, serietat | |
| Adjectives | serious | causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm |
| Meaning | The trait of being serious. | |
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| Example | "a lack of solemnity is not necessarily a lack of seriousness"- Robert Rice | |
| Synonyms | earnestness, serious-mindedness, sincerity | |
| Attributes | frivolous | not serious in content or attitude or behavior |
| serious | concerned with work or important matters rather than play or trivialities | |
| Narrower | committedness, commitment | The trait of sincere and steadfast fixity of purpose |
| graveness, gravity, sobriety, soberness, somberness, sombreness | A manner that is serious and solemn | |
| sedateness, staidness, solemnity, solemness | A trait of dignified seriousness | |
| Broader | trait | A distinguishing feature of your personal nature |
| Opposite | frivolity, frivolousness | The trait of being frivolous |
| Spanish | formalidad, seriedad | |
| Catalan | formalitat, serietat, seriositat | |
| Adjectives | serious | concerned with work or important matters rather than play or trivialities |
| serious | completely lacking in playfulness / playfulness | |
| serious | of great consequence | |
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