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frivolousness

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Synonyms and Antonyms of frivolousness

a lack of seriousness often at an improper time

His childish frivolousness at the awards ceremony wasn't appreciated by anyone.

Synonyms of frivolousness

facetiousness, flightiness, flippancy, frivolity, frothiness, levity, light-headedness, light-mindedness, lightness, silliness

Words Related to frivolousness

cheer, cheerfulness, festivity, gaiety (also gayety), glee, gleefulness, high-spiritedness, hilarity, joviality, lightheartedness, merriment, mirth, mirthfulness

childishness, goofiness, puerility

Near Antonyms of frivolousness

dejection, depression, despondency, dispiritedness, downheartedness, gloom, gloominess, heartsickness, joylessness, melancholy, mopes, moroseness, sadness, sullenness, unhappiness

Antonyms of frivolousness

earnestness, gravity, seriousness, soberness, solemnity, solemnness

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