serious

1. a. Grave in manner or disposition; earnest; thoughtful; solemn; not light, gay, or volatile. Source: opted

2. a. Really intending what is said; being in earnest; not jesting or deceiving. Source: opted

3. a. Important; weighty; not trifling; grave. Source: opted

4. a. Hence, giving rise to apprehension; attended with danger; as, a serious injury. Source: opted

5. adj. concerned with work or important matters rather than play or trivialities Source: wordnet

6. adj. of great consequence Source: wordnet

7. adj. causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm Source: wordnet

8. adj. appealing to the mind Source: wordnet

9. adj. completely lacking in playfulness Source: wordnet

10. adj. requiring effort or concentration; complex and not easy to answer or solve Source: wordnet

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. Source: webster

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 Source: ecdict

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