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seriousness

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noun
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As a noun, seriousness means the state or quality of being serious.

Meanings of seriousness

3 meanings

noun

  1. The state or quality of being serious.

  2. An earnest and sincere feelingfeeling

    Similar: earnestness, sincerity

  3. The quality of arousing fear or distress

    “he learned the seriousness of his illness”

    Similar: distressfulness

Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).

Synonyms by meaning

noun: an earnest and sincere feeling
earnestnesssincerity
noun: the quality of arousing fear or distress
distressfulness
noun: the trait of being serious
earnestnessserious-mindednesssincerity
Oppositesfrivolity

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