Related Words for serious

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severe
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Adjective, Adjective
sobering
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Adjective, Adjective
grievous
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Adjective, Adjective
earnest
/x
Adjective, Adjective
difficult
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Adjective, Adjective
dangerous
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Adjective, Adjective
sedate
x/
Adjective, Adjective
thoughtful
/x
Adjective, Adjective
critical
/xx
Adjective, Adjective
intellectual
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Adjective, Adjective
sincere
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Adjective, Adjective
sensible
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Adjective, Adjective
good
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Adjective, Adjective
important
x/x
Adjective, Adjective
real
/
Adjective, Adjective
hard
/
Adjective, Adjective
solemn
/x
Adjective, Adjective
grave
/
Adjective, Adjective, Noun
in earnest
x/x
Phrase, Noun, Adjective
frivolous
/xx
Adjective, Adjective
serous
xx
Adjective
seriously
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Adverb
significant
x/xx
Adjective
substantial
x/x
Adjective
profound
x/
Adjective
substantive
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Adjective
silly
/x
Adjective
extreme
x/
Adjective
obvious
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Adjective
dramatic
x/x
Adjective
considerable
x/xxx
Adjective
genuine
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Adjective
ongoing
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Adjective
acute
x/
Adjective
chronic
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Adjective
major
/x
Adjective
practical
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Adjective
trivial
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Adjective
troubling
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Adjective
intense
x/
Adjective
concern
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Noun
immediate
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Adjective
fatal
/x
Adjective
worrisome
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Adjective
nasty
/x
Adjective
catastrophic
xx/x
Adjective
mild
/
Adjective
minor
/x
Noun
legitimate
x/xx
Adjective
drastic
/x
Adjective
potential
x/x
Noun
widespread
//
Adjective
dire
/
Adjective
technical
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Name
vexing
/x
Adjective
debilitating
x/xxx
Adjective
philosophical
xx/xx
Noun
careful
/x
Adjective
great
/
Adjective
embarrassing
x/xx
Adjective
tremendous
x/x
Adjective
joking
/x
Verb
thoroughgoing
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Adjective
minimal
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Adjective
appreciable
x/xx
Adjective
tragic
/x
Adjective
aggravated
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Verb
unusual
x/xx
Adjective
terrible
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Adjective
persistent
x/x
Adjective
deadly
/x
Adjective
lighthearted
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Adjective
vigorous
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Adjective
slight
/
Adjective
humorous
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Adjective
casual
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Adjective
painful
/x
Adjective
urgent
/x
Adjective
pragmatic
x/x
Adjective
professional
x/xx
Adjective
comical
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Adjective
goofy
/x
Noun
funny
/x
Adjective
troublesome
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Adjective
unfortunate
x/xx
Adjective
unavoidable
xx/xx
Adjective
subtle
/x
Adjective
irreparable
x/xxx
Adjective
frequent
/x
Adjective
existential
xx/x
Adjective
devastating
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Adjective
adverse
x/
Adjective
doubtful
/x
Adjective
probable
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Adjective
sensitive
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Adjective
massive
/x
Adjective
kind
/
Noun
outrageous
x/x
Adjective
worthy
/x
Adjective
complication
xx/x
Noun
strenuous
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Adjective
deliberate
x/xx
Adjective
common
/x
Adjective
heavy
/x
Adjective
egregious
x/x
Adjective
unintentional
xx/xx
Adjective
consequential
xx/x
Adjective
apparent
x/x
Adjective
problems
/x
Noun
ferocious
x/x
Adjective
dubious
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Adjective
flippant
/x
Adjective
systematic
xx/x
Adjective
worthwhile
//
Adjective
intensive
x/x
Adjective
disturbing
x/x
Adjective
moderate
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Adjective
ridiculous
x/xx
Adjective
prolonged
x/
Adjective
meaningful
/xx
Adjective
lifelong
//
Adjective
passionate
/xx
Adjective
fundamental
xx/x
Adjective
sudden
/x
Adjective
problematic
xx/x
Adjective
joyless
/x
Adjective
humorless
/xx
Adjective
cheerless
/x
Adjective
unresponsive
xx/x
Adjective
bleak
/
Adjective
dark
/
Adjective
glum
/
Noun
flinty
/x
Adjective
black
/
Name
dead
/
Adjective
depressed
x/
Adjective
dismal
/x
Adjective
dreary
/x
Adjective
unfair
x/
Adjective
sardonic
x/x
Adjective
stony
/x
Noun
heartless
/x
Adjective
frigid
/x
Adjective
obdurate
/xx
Adjective
stiff
/
Adjective
disconsolate
xxxx
Adjective
hopeless
/x
Adjective
distant
/x
Adjective
lifeless
/x
Adjective
grim
/
Adjective
disdainful
x/x
Adjective
hardened
/x
Adjective
brutal
/x
Adjective
cold
/
Noun
down in the dumps
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Phrase, Adjective
waste
/
Noun
soulless
/x
Adjective
dull
/
Adjective
disgruntled
x/x
Adjective
miserable
/xxx
Adjective
triste
/
Noun
literal
/xx
Adjective
pest
/
Noun
contender
x/x
Noun
doubts
/
Noun
rioting
/xx
Noun
shortcoming
/xx
Noun
setback
/x
Noun
miscalculation
x/x/x
Noun
misgivings
x/x
Noun
impediment
x/xx
Noun
drawbacks
/x
Noun
handicap
/xx
Noun
repercussions
xx/x
Noun
jeopardy
/xx
Noun
flaws
/
Noun
breaches
/x
Noun
offenses
x/x
Noun
threat
/
Noun
shortages
/xx
Noun
omission
x/x
Noun
inroads
/x
Noun
accusatory
x/xxx
Adjective
active
/x
Adjective, Noun
actual
/xx
Adjective, Noun
alarming
x/x
Adjective
animate
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Verb, Adjective
appalling
x/x
Adjective
aristotelian
xxx/xx
Adjective, Name
arousing
x/x
Noun, Adjective
attentive
x/x
Adjective
authoritative
x/xxx
Adjective
avenue
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Noun
avoidable
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
bad
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
baffling
/xx
Adjective, Noun
basic
/x
Adjective, Noun
bass
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
beautiful
/xx
Adjective, Noun
big
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
biggie
/x
Noun
bitter
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
blatant
/x
Adjective
bodily
/xx
Noun, Adverb, Adjective
broad
/
Adjective, Noun
burdensome
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Adjective
businesslike
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Adjective
careless
/x
Adjective
challenging
/xx
Adjective, Noun
classical
/xx
Adjective, Noun
compelling
x/x
Adjective, Noun
conscientious
xx/x
Adjective
credible
/xx
Adjective
crucial
/x
Adjective
cumbersome
/xx
Adjective
damaging
/xx
Adjective, Noun
damning
/x
Adjective, Noun
danger
/x
Noun, Verb
daunting
/x
Adjective, Noun
deep
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
dependability
xxx/xx
Noun
desperate
/x
Adjective, Noun
diligent
/xx
Adjective
disastrous
x/x
Adjective
donkey
/x
Noun
dreadful
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
due
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
enormous
x/x
Adjective
extensive
x/x
Adjective
face
/
Noun, Verb
familiar
x/x
Adjective, Noun
fat
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Adjective, Noun, Verb
felonies
/xx
Noun
festering
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Noun
fierce
/
Adjective, Adverb
firm
/
Noun, Adjective, Adverb, Verb
flagrant
/x
Adjective
formidable
/xxx
Adjective
frown
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Noun, Verb
gad
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Name, Verb
gran
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Noun
grand
/
Noun, Adjective
gravity
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Noun
gross
/
Adjective, Name, Verb
harmful
/x
Adjective
harsh
/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
hazardous
/xx
Adjective
heavily
/xx
Adverb
heightened
/x
Adjective
heinous
/x
Adjective
high
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
honest
/x
Adjective, Verb, Adverb
horrendous
x/x
Adjective
hud
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Name
huge
/
Adjective
iatrogenic
xxx/x
Adjective
immense
x/
Adjective, Noun
indictable
x/xx
Adjective
instalment
x/x
Noun
intent
x/
Noun, Adjective
keen
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Adjective, Noun, Verb
key
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Adjective, Noun, Verb
kid
/
Noun, Verb
large
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb
laugh
/
Noun, Verb
legit
/x
Noun, Adjective, Adverb
live
/
Verb, Adjective, Adverb
long
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
main
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
many
/x
Adjective, Noun
marked
/
Adjective
meticulous
x/xx
Adjective
momentous
x/x
Adjective
much
/
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
negative
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Adjective, Noun, Verb
notable
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Adjective, Noun
notices
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Noun
ominous
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Adjective
onerous
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Adjective
overwhelming
xx/x
Adjective, Noun
perfect
x/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
perilous
/xx
Adjective
perplexing
x/x
Adjective
playful
/x
Adjective
popular
/xx
Adjective, Noun
positive
/xx
Adjective, Noun
potent
/x
Adjective, Noun
poussin
/x
Name
powerful
/xx
Adjective, Adverb
precarious
x/xx
Adjective
pressing
/x
Adjective, Noun
preventable
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
prima
/x
Adjective
prominent
/xx
Adjective, Noun
pronounced
x/
Adjective
proper
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
prudent
/x
Adjective
quick
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
raging
/x
Adjective, Noun
rampant
/x
Adjective, Adverb
really
/x
Adverb, Verb
reasonable
/xxx
Adjective
reliable
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
reputable
/xxx
Adjective
respectable
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
responsible
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
right
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
rigorous
/xx
Adjective
risky
/x
Adjective
robust
x/
Adjective
sacred
/x
Adjective
serial
/xx
Adjective, Noun, Verb
shirtless
/x
Adjective
bulletproof
/xx
Adjective, Verb
die
/
Verb, Noun
milestone
/x
Noun, Verb