Solemn

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  • adjective. undefined
  • adjective. Serious and dignified: synonym: serious.
  • adjective. Showing or behaving with dignified restraint or earnestness.
  • adjective. Performed with full ceremony.
  • adjective. Made with deep sincerity or invoking the force of religion.
  • adjective. Dark or undecorated.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To solemnize.
  • Recurring yearly; annual.
  • Marked by religious rites or ceremonious observances; connected with religion; sacred; also, marked by special ritual or ceremony.
  • Pertaining to holiday; festive; joyous.
  • Of high repute; important; dignified.
  • Fitted to excite or express serious or devout reflections; grave; impressive; awe-inspiring: as, a solemn pile of buildings.
  • Marked by seriousness or earnestness in language or demeanor; impressive; grave: as, to make a solemn promise; a solemn utterance.
  • Affectedly grave, serious, or important: as, to put on a solemn face.
  • Accompanied with all due forms or ceremonies; made in form; formal; regular: now chiefly a law term: as, probate in solemn form.
  • Sober; gloomy; dark: noting color or tint.
  • Synonyms August, venerable, grand, stately.
  • Serious, etc. (see grave), reverential, sober.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Marked with religious rites and pomps; enjoined by, or connected with, religion; sacred.
  • adjective. Pertaining to a festival; festive; festal.
  • adjective. Stately; ceremonious; grand.
  • adjective. Fitted to awaken or express serious reflections; marked by seriousness; serious; grave; devout.
  • adjective. Real; earnest; downright.
  • adjective. Affectedly grave or serious.
  • adjective. Made in form; ceremonious; ; conforming with all legal requirements.
  • adjective. See Covenant, 2.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. Deeply serious and somber.
  • adjective. Somberly impressive.
  • adjective. Performed with great ceremony.
  • adjective. Sacred.
  • adjective. Gloomy or sombre.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adjective. characterized by a firm and humorless belief in the validity of your opinions
  • adjective. dignified and somber in manner or character and committed to keeping promises
  • Equivalent
    serious  
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    Gollum  collum  column  slalom  
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    formal  grand  holy  mournful  sad  
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