Definition of serious

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Serious (a.) Really intending what is said; being in earnest; not jesting or deceiving.

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Jesting :: Jesting (a.) Sportive; not serious; fit for jests.
Solemnize :: Solemnize (v. t.) To make grave, serious, and reverential..
Persiflage :: Persiflage (n.) Frivolous or bantering talk; a frivolous manner of treating any subject, whether serious or otherwise; light raillery..
Gross :: Gross (superl.) Great; palpable; serious; vagrant; shameful; as, a gross mistake; gross injustice; gross negligence..
Startle :: Startle (v. t.) To excite by sudden alarm, surprise, or apprehension; to frighten suddenly and not seriously; to alarm; to surprise..
Solemnity :: Solemnity (n.) Hence, affected gravity or seriousness..
Epitrope :: Epitrope (n.) A figure by which permission is either seriously or ironically granted to some one, to do what he proposes to do; e. g., He that is unjust, let him be unjust still..
Earnestful :: Earnestful (a.) Serious.
Pensiveness :: Pensiveness (n.) The state of being pensive; serious thoughtfulness; seriousness.
Gravity :: Gravity (a.) Importance, significance, dignity, etc; hence, seriousness; enormity; as, the gravity of an offense..
Joke :: "Joke (n.) Something not said seriously, or not actually meant; something done in sport..
Sadden :: Sadden (v. t.) To make grave or serious; to make melancholy or sorrowful.
Admonish :: Admonish (v. t.) To warn or notify of a fault; to reprove gently or kindly, but seriously; to exhort..
Good :: Good (superl.) Real; actual; serious; as in the phrases in good earnest; in good sooth.
Solemnity :: Solemnity (n.) Ceremoniousness; impressiveness; seriousness; grave earnestness; formal dignity; gravity.
Inanity :: Inanity (n.) Want of seriousness; aimlessness; frivolity.
Pensive :: Pensive (a.) Thoughtful, sober, or sad; employed in serious reflection; given to, or favorable to, earnest or melancholy musing..
Ernestful :: Ernestful (a.) Serious.
Spruce :: Spruce (n.) Neat, without elegance or dignity; -- formerly applied to things with a serious meaning; now chiefly applied to persons..
Solemn :: Solemn (a.) Affectedly grave or serious; as, to put on a solemn face..
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