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seriousness 音標拼音: [s'ɪriəsnəs] n. 嚴肅,認真 嚴肅,認真 seriousness n 1: an earnest and sincere feeling [ synonym: { earnestness}, { seriousness}, { sincerity}] 2: the quality of arousing fear or distress; " he learned the seriousness of his illness" [ synonym: { seriousness}, { distressfulness}] 3: the trait of being serious; " a lack of solemnity is not necessarily a lack of seriousness"- Robert Rice [ synonym: { seriousness}, { earnestness}, { serious- mindedness}, { sincerity}] [ ant: { frivolity}, { frivolousness}] Serious \ Se" ri* ous\, a. [ L. serius: cf. F. s[' e] rieux, LL. seriosus.] 1. Grave in manner or disposition; earnest; thoughtful; solemn; not light, gay, or volatile. [ 1913 Webster] He is always serious, yet there is about his manner a graceful ease. -- Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Really intending what is said; being in earnest; not jesting or deceiving. -- Beaconsfield. [ 1913 Webster] 3. Important; weighty; not trifling; grave. [ 1913 Webster] The holy Scriptures bring to our ears the most serious things in the world. -- Young. [ 1913 Webster] 4. Hence, giving rise to apprehension; attended with danger; as, a serious injury. [ 1913 Webster] Syn: Grave; solemn; earnest; sedate; important; weighty. See { Grave}. [ 1913 Webster] -- { Se" ri* ous* ly}, adv. -- { Se" ri* ous* ness}, n. [ 1913 Webster] 77 Moby Thesaurus words for " seriousness": abandon, ardency, ardor, commitment, committedness, decidedness, decision, decisiveness, decorousness, dedication, definiteness, demureness, determinateness, determination, determinedness, devotedness, devotion, devoutness, earnest, earnestness, faith, faithfulness, fervency, fervidness, fervor, fidelity, fire, formality, gravity, grimness, heartiness, heat, heatedness, impassionedness, intensity, intentness, long face, loyalty, moderation, no joke, no laughing matter, obstinacy, passion, passionateness, perseverance, persistence, purpose, purposefulness, relentlessness, resoluteness, resolution, resolve, resolvedness, sedateness, self- will, sincerity, single- mindedness, sober- mindedness, soberness, sobersidedness, sobersides, sobriety, solemnity, solemnness, somberness, spirit, staidness, straight face, temperance, tenacity, thoughtfulness, total commitment, vehemence, warmth, weightiness, will, zeal
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