Synonyms for grave
| Grammar : Adj, noun |
| Spell : greyv |
| Phonetic Transcription : greɪv |
Top 10 synonyms for grave Other synonyms for the word grave
- afflictive
- cold sober
- consequential
- critical
- deadly
- deadpan
- destructive
- dire
- dour
- exigent
- fatal
- final resting place
- grievous
- grim
- grim-faced
- hazardous
- important
- last home
- leaden
- life-and-death
- long-faced
- mausoleum
- meaningful
- momentous
- mound
- muted
- no-nonsense
- of great consequence
- ominous
- perilous
- permanent address
- place of interment
- ponderous
- pressing
- quiet
- resting place
- sad
- sage
- saturnine
- sedate
- sepulcher
- serious
- severe
- shrine
- significant
- six feet under
- sober
- solemn
- somber
- staid
- strictly business
- subdued
- thoughtful
- threatening
- tomb
- ugly
- unsmiling
- urgent
- vault
- vital
- weighty
Définition of grave
Origin :- Old English græf "grave, ditch, cave," from Proto-Germanic *graban (cf. Old Saxon graf, Old Frisian gref, Old High German grab "grave, tomb;" Old Norse gröf "cave," Gothic graba "ditch"), from PIE root *ghrebh- "to dig, to scratch, to scrape" (cf. Old Church Slavonic grobu "grave, tomb"); related to grafan "to dig" (see grave (v.)).
- "The normal mod. representation of OE. græf would be graff; the ME. disyllable grave, from which the standard mod. form descends, was prob. due to the especially frequent occurrence of the word in the dat. (locative) case. [OED]
- From Middle Ages to 17c., they were temporary, crudely marked repositories from which the bones were removed to ossuaries after some years and the grave used for a fresh burial. "Perpetual graves" became common from c.1650. To make (someone) turn in his grave "behave in some way that would have offended the dead person" is first recorded 1888.
- adj serious; gloomy
- adj crucial, dangerous
- noun burial place
- “I mean a man sad and grave as the monks of Beaulieu,” said the jester.
- Extract from : « The Armourer's Prentices » by Charlotte M. Yonge
- Then he set to work and made himself a grave which was to endure for all time.
- Extract from : « Ancient Man » by Hendrik Willem van Loon
- See what grave reflections an innocent subject will produce!
- Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
- Excuse me, my dear friend, for these grave soliloquies, as I may call them.
- Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
- What way will I live and the girls with me, and I an old woman looking for the grave?
- Extract from : « Riders to the Sea » by J. M. Synge
- Alas, the vanity of mortal projects, even when they centre in the grave!
- Extract from : « Other Tales and Sketches » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
- But every body else was there, so we did not miss these grave and reverend seigniors.
- Extract from : « Punchinello, Vol. 1, No. 6, May 7, 1870 » by Various
- Mary regarded the owner of the store with grave questioning in her violet eyes.
- Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
- I should not rest quiet in the grave, coz, if I had not another turn at them.
- Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle
- "Don't worry about the boy," he said, with grave kindliness.
- Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
Antonyms for grave
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