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SEVERITY |
Seriousness |
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FERVOR |
Seriousness |
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SOLEMNITY |
Seriousness |
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EARNESTNESS |
Seriousness |
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GRAVITY |
Seriousness or importance |
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GRAVITAS |
Seriousness or importance |
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SADNESS |
Seriousness; gravity; discretion. |
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LEVITY |
Inappropriate lack of seriousness |
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JOCOSERIOUS |
Mingling mirth and seriousness. |
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INANITY |
Want of seriousness; aimlessness; frivolity. |
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EARNEST |
Seriousness; reality; fixed determination; eagerness;
intentness. |
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PENSIVENESS |
The state of being pensive; serious thoughtfulness;
seriousness. |
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LEER |
Wanting sense or seriousness; trifling; trivolous; as, leer
words. |
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SERIO-COMICAL |
Having a mixture of seriousness and sport; serious
and comical. |
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STAIDNESS |
The quality or state of being staid; seriousness;
steadiness; sedateness; regularity; -- the opposite of wildness, or
levity. |
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QUIZ |
To puzzle; to banter; to chaff or mock with pretended
seriousness of discourse; to make sport of, as by obscure questions. |
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SOLEMN |
Fitted to awaken or express serious reflections; marked by
seriousness; serious; grave; devout; as, a solemn promise; solemn
earnestness. |
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SOBRIETY |
Habitual freedom from enthusiasm, inordinate passion, or
overheated imagination; calmness; coolness; gravity; seriousness; as,
the sobriety of riper years. |
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TRIFLE |
To act or talk without seriousness, gravity, weight, or
dignity; to act or talk with levity; to indulge in light or trivial
amusements. |