seriousness, n.
(seriousnesses)
freq. cnt. 3
(seriousnesses)
freq. cnt. 3
an earnest and sincere feeling
<noun.feeling> freq. cnt.: 5 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1
earnestness seriousness sincerity
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
lexical pointers
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semantic pointers
hypernym
the quality of arousing fear or distress
<noun.attribute> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1
distressfulness seriousness
sample sentences
"he learned the seriousness of his illness"
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
semantic pointers
hypernym
the trait of being serious
<noun.attribute>
earnestness serious-mindedness seriousness sincerity
sample sentences
"a lack of solemnity is not necessarily a lack of seriousness"- Robert Rice
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