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Quick definitions from WordNet (serious)
▸ adjective: of great consequence ("Marriage is a serious matter")
▸ adjective: concerned with work or important matters rather than play or trivialities ("A serious student of history")
▸ adjective: requiring effort or concentration; complex and not easy to answer or solve ("Raised serious objections to the proposal")
▸ adjective: appealing to the mind ("A serious book")
▸ adjective: completely lacking in playfulness
▸ adjective: causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm ("A serious wound")
▸ Also see seriousness
▸ Word origin
▸ Words similar to serious
▸ Usage examples for serious
▸ Popular nouns described by serious
▸ Words that often appear near serious
▸ Rhymes of serious
▸ Invented words related to serious
▸ adjective: of great consequence ("Marriage is a serious matter")
▸ adjective: concerned with work or important matters rather than play or trivialities ("A serious student of history")
▸ adjective: requiring effort or concentration; complex and not easy to answer or solve ("Raised serious objections to the proposal")
▸ adjective: appealing to the mind ("A serious book")
▸ adjective: completely lacking in playfulness
▸ adjective: causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm ("A serious wound")
▸ Also see seriousness
▸ Word origin
▸ Words similar to serious
▸ Usage examples for serious
▸ Popular nouns described by serious
▸ Words that often appear near serious
▸ Rhymes of serious
▸ Invented words related to serious