serious

[se·ri·ous]

Any important situation is serious, and this word is also the opposite of humorous and playful.

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Grave in manner or disposition; earnest; thoughtful; solemn; not light, gay, or volatile.

Adjective S.
causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm; "a dangerous operation"; "a grave situation"; "a grave illness"; "grievous bodily harm"; "a serious wound"; "a serious turn of events"; "a severe case of pneumonia"; "a life-threatening disease"

Adjective S.
requiring effort or concentration; complex and not easy to answer or solve; "raised serious objections to the proposal"; "the plan has a serious flaw"

Adjective S.
of great consequence; "marriage is a serious matter"

Adjective S.
appealing to the mind; "good music"; "a serious book"

Adjective
concerned with work or important matters rather than play or trivialities; "a serious student of history"; "a serious attempt to learn to ski"; "gave me a serious look"; "a serious young man"; "are you serious or joking?"; "Don''t be so serious!"

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Adjective
completely lacking in playfulness


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Grave in manner or disposition; earnest; thoughtful; solemn; not light, gay, or volatile.

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Really intending what is said; being in earnest; not jesting or deceiving.

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Important; weighty; not trifling; grave.

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Hence, giving rise to apprehension; attended with danger; as, a serious injury.


Serious

Se"ri*ous , a. [L. serius: cf. F. s'82rieux, LL. seriosus.] 1. Grave in manner or disposition; earnest; thoughtful; solemn; not light, gay, or volatile.
He is always serious, yet there is about his manner a graceful ease.
2. Really intending what is said; being in earnest; not jesting or deceiving. Beaconsfield. 3. Important; weighty; not trifling; grave.
The holy Scriptures bring to our ears the most serious things in the world.
4. Hence, giving rise to apprehension; attended with danger; as, a serious injury. Syn. -- Grave; solemn; earnest; sedate; important; weighty. See Grave. -- Se"ri*ous*ly, adv. -- Se"ri*ous*ness, n.

Grave in manner or disposition; earnest; thoughtful; solemn; not light, gay, or volatile.

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Usage Examples

Bob Altman had this relaxed but serious attitude. Everybody loved him. I wanted him to adopt me.

Any time I need to get a serious attitude adjustment, I put on one of their records, and there are examples there for all time to keep us honest and keep us reaching they'll never be eclipsed.

A constitutional democracy is in serious trouble if its citizenry does not have a certain degree of education and civic virtue.

Any serious shift towards more sustainable societies has to include gender equality.

Animals that we eat are raised for food in the most economical way possible, and the serious food producers do it in the most humane way possible. I think anyone who is a carnivore needs to understand that meat does not originally come in these neat little packages.

Being a funny person does an awful lot of things to you. You feel that you mustn't get serious with people. They don't expect it from you, and they don't want to see it. You're not entitled to be serious, you're a clown.

'Funny People' is my favorite performance of myself to date. Even though it's a comedy and there are serious moments, I really felt like Leo felt like a real person. It didn't feel like I was playing myself. Whether it's a comedy or drama, I just try to make it as realistic as possible.

A joke is a very serious thing.

A serious problem in America is the gap between academe and the mass media, which is our culture. Professors of humanities, with all their leftist fantasies, have little direct knowledge of American life and no impact whatever on public policy.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

A national legal organization is giving very serious thought to using The Betrayal of America as a legal basis for asking the House Judiciary Committee to institute impeachment proceedings against these five justices.

A pregnant woman facing the most dire circumstances must be able to count on her doctor to do what is medically necessary to protect her from serious physical harm.

As far as hypnosis is concerned, I had a very serious problem when I was in my twenties. I encountered a man who later became the president of the American Society of Medical Hypnosis. He couldn't hypnotize me.

And we've got to ask ourselves some very serious questions as to whether or not certain religious leaders, in terms of raising money - I hate to bring this up - are pushing hot buttons.

A State in the grip of neo-colonialism is not master of its own destiny. It is this factor which makes neo-colonialism such a serious threat to world peace.

Being grown up and in a serious relationship, I've learned so much. I'm happier than I've every been.

All who think cannot but see there is a sanction like that of religion which binds us in partnership in the serious work of the world.

And religion causes most of the problems, war, and economics of course, and study your history or you're going to repeat it and if you're burning a Harry Potter book you need some serious counseling, you don't get it, you're missing the whole point.

A serious and good philosophical work could be written consisting entirely of jokes.

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