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What is "seriousness" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does seriousness mean in English? Meaning of seriousness definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "seriousness" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "seriousness": an earnest and sincere feeling

Noun

  • Meaning: an earnest and sincere feeling
  • Synonyms: earnestness seriousness sincerity
  • Hypernyms: gravity solemnity

    • Meaning of "seriousness": the quality of arousing fear or distress

    Noun

  • Meaning: the quality of arousing fear or distress
  • Example: he learned the seriousness of his illness
  • Synonyms: distressfulness seriousness
  • Hypernyms: badness severeness severity

    • Meaning of "seriousness": the trait of being serious

    Noun

  • Meaning: the trait of being serious
  • Example: a lack of solemnity is not necessarily a lack of seriousness
  • Synonyms: earnestness serious-mindedness seriousness sincerity
  • Hyponyms: commitment committedness graveness gravity sedateness soberness sobriety solemness solemnity somberness sombreness staidness
  • Hypernyms: trait
  • Antonyms: frivolity frivolousness

    • Synonyms:

    earnestness, solemnity, gravity, sincerity, sobriety, sternness, staidness, coolness, earnest, sedateness, calmness, thoughtfulness, serious-mindedness, intentness, sober-mindedness, importance, enormity, gravity, urgency, significance, moment, weight,

    Antonyms:

    insincerity, funniness, unimportance, humor, lightness, triviality, insignificance, funniness, triviality, unimportance, humor, lightness,

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    seriousness in English: seriousness
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