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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Ridiculous :: Ridiculous (a.) Fitted to excite ridicule; absurd and laughable; unworthy of serious consideration; as, a ridiculous dress or behavior..
Joke :: "Joke (n.) Something not said seriously, or not actually meant; something done in sport..
Sad :: Sad (supperl.) Serious; grave; sober; steadfast; not light or frivolous.
Inanity :: Inanity (n.) Want of seriousness; aimlessness; frivolity.
Solemnity :: Solemnity (n.) Hence, affected gravity or seriousness..
Earnest :: Earnest (n.) Seriousness; reality; fixed determination; eagerness; intentness.
Reflecting :: Reflecting (a.) Given to reflection or serious consideration; reflective; contemplative; as, a reflecting mind..
Solemn :: Solemn (a.) Affectedly grave or serious; as, to put on a solemn face..
Meditate :: Meditate (v. i.) To keep the mind in a state of contemplation; to dwell on anything in thought; to think seriously; to muse; to cogitate; to reflect.
Serious :: Serious (a.) Hence, giving rise to apprehension; attended with danger; as, a serious injury..
Jocoserious :: Jocoserious (a.) Mingling mirth and seriousness.
Conjurement :: Conjurement (n.) Serious injunction; solemn demand or entreaty.
Admit :: Admit (v. t.) To suffer to enter; to grant entrance, whether into a place, or into the mind, or consideration; to receive; to take; as, they were into his house; to admit a serious thought into the mind; to admit evidence in the trial of a cause..
Pantagruelism :: Pantagruelism (n.) An assumption of buffoonery to cover some serious purpose.
Wreck :: Wreck (v. t.) To destroy, disable, or seriously damage, as a vessel, by driving it against the shore or on rocks, by causing it to become unseaworthy, to founder, or the like; to shipwreck..
Serio-comical :: Serio-comical (a.) Having a mixture of seriousness and sport; serious and comical.
Severe :: Severe (superl.) Serious in feeeling or manner; sedate; grave; austere; not light, lively, or cheerful..
Jesting :: Jesting (a.) Sportive; not serious; fit for jests.
Good :: Good (superl.) Real; actual; serious; as in the phrases in good earnest; in good sooth.
Startle :: Startle (v. t.) To excite by sudden alarm, surprise, or apprehension; to frighten suddenly and not seriously; to alarm; to surprise..
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