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Definition of Serious
1. Adjective. Concerned with work or important matters rather than play or trivialities. "Don't be so serious!"
Similar to: Earnest, Sincere, Solemn, Grave, Sedate, Sober, Solemn, Overserious, Real, Serious-minded, Thoughtful, Sobering, Solid
Antonyms: Frivolous
Derivative terms: Seriousness
2. Adjective. Of great consequence. "Marriage is a serious matter"
3. Adjective. Causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm. "A life-threatening disease"
Similar to: Critical
Derivative terms: Dangerousness, Seriousness, Severeness
4. Adjective. Appealing to the mind. "A serious book"
5. Adjective. Completely lacking in playfulness.
Attributes: Fun, Playfulness
Derivative terms: Seriousness, Soberness
Antonyms: Playful
6. Adjective. Requiring effort or concentration; complex and not easy to answer or solve. "The plan has a serious flaw"
Definition of Serious
1. a. Grave in manner or disposition; earnest; thoughtful; solemn; not light, gay, or volatile.
Definition of Serious
1. Adjective. Without humor or expression of happiness; grave in manner or disposition; earnest; thoughtful; solemn. ¹
2. Adjective. Important; weighty; not trifling; leaving no room for play; needing great attention; critical. ¹
3. Adjective. Really intending what is said; being in earnest; not jesting or deceiving; meaningful. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Serious
1. thoughtful or subdued in appearance or manner [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Serious
Literary usage of Serious
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Play in Education by Joseph Lee (1915)
"PLAY IJST EDUCATION BOOK I. PLAY IS GROWTH CHAPTER I PLAY IS serious IF you will
watch a ... To say that baseball is serious is to understate the case. ..."
2. Play in Education by Joseph Lee (1915)
"PLAY IN EDUCATION BOOK I. PLAY IS GROWTH CHAPTER I PLAY IS serious IF you will
watch a child ... To say that baseball is serious is to understate the case. ..."
3. Homerica, Emendations and Elucidations of the Odyssey by Thomas Leyden Agar (1908)
"... and there the serious corruption, if there be any serious corruption of the
line, must lie. Suspecting then the soundness ..."
4. The Works of George Bull: D. D., Lord Bishop of St. David's by George Bull, Edward Burton, Robert Nelson (1827)
"The evil days, the days and times of our affliction and trouble, are in God's
design the proper seasons of recollection and serious consideration. III. ..."
5. The Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan (1846)
"Chr. Why, go to him, and enter into some serious discourse about the power of
religion; and ask him plainly (when he has approved of it, for that he will), ..."
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