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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | serious; gloomy |
| Synonyms: | cold sober, deadpan, dignified, dour, dull, earnest, grim, grim-faced, heavy, leaden, long-faced, meaningful, muted, no-nonsense, ponderous, quiet, sad, sage, saturnine, sedate, sober, solemn, somber, staid, strictly business, subdued, thoughtful, unsmiling |
| Antonyms: | cheerful, frivolous, funny, happy, ridiculous, silly |
| Main Entry: | sedate |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | calm, collected |
| Synonyms: | cold sober, composed, cool, cool as cucumber, decorous, deliberate, demure, dignified, dispassionate, earnest, grave, imperturbable, laid-back*, no-nonsense, placid, proper, quiet, seemly, serene, serious, sober, solemn, somber, staid, steady, tranquil, unflappable, unruffled |
| Antonyms: | agitated, excitable, excited, lively, upset |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | serious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | somber, humorless |
| Synonyms: | austere, bound, bound and determined, businesslike, cold sober, contemplative, deadpan, deliberate, determined, downbeat, earnest, funereal, genuine, go for broke, grave, grim, honest, intent, long-faced, meditative, no-nonsense, pensive, pokerfaced, reflective, resolute, resolved, sedate, set, severe, sincere, sober, solemn, staid, steady, stern, thoughtful, unhumorous, unsmiling, weighty |
| Antonyms: | flippant, funny, happy, light |
| Main Entry: | sober |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not partaking of alcohol |
| Synonyms: | abstaining, abstemious, abstinent, ascetic, calm, clear-headed, cold sober, continent, controlled, dry, moderate, nonindulgent, not drunk, on the wagon, restrained, sedate, self-possessed, serious, steady, temperate, took the pledge |
| Antonyms: | drunk, inebriated |
| Main Entry: | solemn |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | quiet, serious |
| Synonyms: | austere, brooding, cold sober, deliberate, dignified, downbeat, earnest, funereal, glum, grave, heavy, intense, matter of life and death, moody, no fooling, no-nonsense, pensive, portentous, reflective, sedate, sober, somber, staid, stern, thoughtful, weighty |
| Antonyms: | frivolous, funny, laughing, light |
| Main Entry: | staid |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | restrained, set |
| Synonyms: | calm, cold sober, collected, composed, cool, decorous, demure, dignified, earnest, formal, grave, no-nonsense, quiet, sedate, self-restrained, serious, settled, sober, solemn, somber, starchy, steady, stuffy, weighty |
| Antonyms: | adventurous, frivolous, fun, sporting, willing |
| Main Entry: | sobersided |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | serious |
| Synonyms: | austere, bound, bound and determined, businesslike, cold sober, contemplative, deadpan, deliberate, determined, downbeat, earnest, funereal, genuine, go for broke, grave, grim, honest, in earnest, intent, long-faced, meditative, no-nonsense, pensive, pokerfaced, reflective, resolute, resolved, sedate, set, severe, sincere, sober, solemn, staid, steady, stern, thoughtful, unhumorous, unsmiling, weighty |
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