What is "solemn" in English? Definition and Explanations

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

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What is "solemn" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "solemn": dignified and somber in manner or character and committed to keeping promises

Adjective

  • Meaning: dignified and somber in manner or character and committed to keeping promises
  • Example: a grave God-fearing man a quiet sedate nature as sober as a judge a solemn promise the judge was solemn as he pronounced sentence
  • Synonyms: grave sedate sober solemn
  • Similar: serious
  • Meaning of "solemn": characterized by a firm and humorless belief in the validity of your opinions

    Adjective

  • Meaning: characterized by a firm and humorless belief in the validity of your opinions
  • Example: both sides were deeply in earnest, even passionate an entirely sincere and cruel tyrant a film with a solemn social message
  • Synonyms: earnest sincere solemn
  • Similar: serious
  • Adjective: Deeply serious and somber.Somberly impressive.Performed with great ceremony.Sacred.Gloomy or sombre.
  • Synonyms:

    funereal, pensive, portentous, somber, earnest, thoughtful, glum, weighty, sedate, stern, sober, reflective, intense, dignified, austere, deliberate, downbeat, grave, heavy, matter of life and death, moody, no-nonsense, staid, brooding, cold sober, no fooling, reverential, holy, dignified, grand, religious, momentous, formal, august, awe-inspiring, ceremonial, ceremonious, conventional, devotional, divine, full, grave, hallowed, imposing, magnificent, majestic, ostentatious, overwhelming, plenary, ritual, sanctified, stately, venerable,

    Antonyms:

    cheerful, joyful, lively, ignorant, unthoughtful, trivial, unimportant, excited, frivolous, laughing, insignificant, usual, happy, thoughtless, light, funny, ordinary, unimpressive, unsacred, irreligious, insignificant, unimportant, frivolous, laughing, usual, funny, light, ordinary, unimpressive, unsacred,

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    solemn in English: solemn
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