Thesaurus: serious

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1. a. Grave in manner or disposition; earnest; thoughtful; solemn; not light, gay, or volatile.
2. a. Really intending what is said; being in earnest; not jesting or deceiving.
3. a. Important; weighty; not trifling; grave.
4. a. Hence, giving rise to apprehension; attended with danger; as, a serious injury.
5. adj. concerned with work or important matters rather than play or trivialities
6. adj. of great consequence
7. adj. causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm
8. adj. appealing to the mind
9. adj. completely lacking in playfulness
10. adj. requiring effort or concentration; complex and not easy to answer or solve
11. 1. Grave in manner or disposition; earnest; thoughtful; solemn; not light, gay, or volatile. He is always serious, yet there is about his manner a graceful ease. Macaulay. 2. Really intending what is said; being in earnest; not jesting or deceiving. Beaconsfield. 3. Important; weighty; not trifling; grave. The holy Scriptures bring to our ears the most serious things in the world. Young. 4. Hence, giving rise to apprehension; attended with danger; as, a serious injury. Syn. -- Grave; solemn; earnest; sedate; important; weighty. See Grave. -- Se"ri*ous*ly, adv. -- Se"ri*ous*ness, n.
12. j:100 a. concerned with work or important matters rather than play or trivialities s. of great consequence s. requiring effort or concentration; complex and not easy to answer or solve