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Antonyms for serious
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : seer-ee-uhs |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈsɪər i əs |
Definition of serious
Origin :- mid-15c., "expressing earnest purpose or thought" (of persons), from Middle French sérieux "grave, earnest" (14c.), from Late Latin seriosus, from Latin serius "weighty, important, grave," probably from a PIE root *swer- (4) "heavy" (cf. Lithuanian sveriu "to weigh, lift," svarus "heavy;" Old English swære "heavy," German schwer "heavy," Gothic swers "honored, esteemed," literally "weighty"). As opposite of jesting, from 1712; as opposite of light (of music, theater, etc.), from 1762. Meaning "attended with danger" is from 1800.
- adj somber, humorless
- adj crucial, weighty
- The other idea was absurd—too wild for serious consideration.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- Moreover, little Helen got in the first remark in the way of serious conversation.
- Extract from : « Malbone » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson
- The minister had a serious countenance, and was very placid.
- Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various
- While a Treasury surplus is not the greatest evil, it is a serious evil.
- Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
- Obviously there had been no serious quarrel between the brothers.
- Extract from : « Viviette » by William J. Locke
- She knew that this jesting choice would have serious import.
- Extract from : « Viviette » by William J. Locke
- Still I hope I shall not have any serious misunderstandings with my girls.
- Extract from : « Grace Harlowe's Return to Overton Campus » by Jessie Graham Flower
- In Glasgow and other parts of the country there were serious riots.
- Extract from : « The Grand Old Man » by Richard B. Cook
- Just then the curtain rose again, and the play of the "Serious Family," commenced.
- Extract from : « Life in London » by Edwin Hodder
- For there is a play even with most serious things that has in it no offense.
- Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
Synonyms for serious
- arduous
- austere
- bound
- bound and determined
- businesslike
- cold sober
- contemplative
- dangerous
- deadpan
- deep
- deliberate
- determined
- difficult
- downbeat
- earnest
- far-reaching
- fateful
- fell
- formidable
- funereal
- genuine
- go for broke
- grave
- grievous
- grim
- hard
- heavy
- honest
- important
- intent
- laborious
- long-faced
- major
- meaning business
- meaningful
- meditative
- menacing
- momentous
- no joke
- no laughing matter
- no-nonsense
- of consequence
- operose
- out for blood
- pensive
- playing hard ball
- pokerfaced
- pressing
- reflective
- resolute
- resolved
- sedate
- set
- severe
- significant
- sincere
- smoking
- sober
- sobering
- solemn
- staid
- steady
- stern
- strenuous
- strictly business
- thoughtful
- threatening
- tough
- ugly
- unamusing
- unhumorous
- unsmiling
- urgent
- weighty
- worrying
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