Concerned with work or important matters rather than play or trivialities.

Roget 604: resolved etc. v.; determined; strong-willed, strong-minded; resolute etc. (brave) 861; self-possessed; decided, definitive, peremptory, tranchant^†; unhesitating, unflinching, unshrinking^†; firm, iron, gritty [U.S.], indomitable, game to the backbone; inexorable, relentless, not to be shaken, not to be put down; tenax propositi [Lat.]; inflexible etc. (hard) 323; obstinate etc. 606; steady etc. (persevering) 604.1. earnest, serious; set upon, bent upon, intent upon.    steel against, proof against; in utrumque paratus [Lat.].    ... meer laten zien

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Of great consequence.

Causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm:
— A serious wound.
— A serious turn of events.

synoniemen: dangerous, grave, grievous, life-threatening, severe.

Roget 31: great; greater etc. 33; large, considerable, fair, above par; big, huge etc. (large in size) 192; Herculean, cyclopean; ample; abundant; etc. (enough) 639 full, intense, strong, sound, passing, heavy, plenary, deep, high; signal, at its height, in the zenith.    world-wide, widespread, far-famed, extensive; wholesale; many etc. 102.    goodly, noble, precious, mighty; sad, grave, heavy, serious; far gone, arrant, downright; utter, uttermost; crass, gross, arch, profound, intense, consummate; rank, uninitiated, red-hot, desperate; glaring, flagrant, stark staring; thorough-paced, thoroughgoing; roaring, thumping; extraordinary.   ; important etc. 642; unsurpassed etc. (supreme) 33; complete etc. 52.    august, grand, dignified, sublime, majestic etc. (repute) 873.    vast, immense, enormous, extreme; inordinate, excessive, extravagant, exorbitant, outrageous, preposterous, unconscionable, swinging, monstrous, overgrown; towering, stupendous, prodigious, astonishing, incredible; marvelous etc. 870.    unlimited etc. (infinite) 105; unapproachable, unutterable, indescribable, ineffable, unspeakable, inexpressible, beyond expression, fabulous.    undiminished, unabated, unreduced^†, unrestricted.    absolute, positive, stark, decided, unequivocal, essential, perfect, finished.    remarkable, of mark, marked, pointed, veriest; noteworthy; renowned.    ... meer laten zien

Roget 642: important; of importance etc. n.; momentous, material; to the point; not to be overlooked, not to be despised, not to be sneezed at; egregious; weighty etc. (influential) 175; of note etc. (repute) 873; notable, prominent, salient, signal; memorable, remarkable; unforgettable; worthy of remark, worthy of notice; never to be forgotten; stirring, eventful.    grave, serious, earnest, noble, grand, solemn, impressive, commanding, imposing.    urgent, pressing, critical, instant.    paramount, essential, vital, all-absorbing, radical, cardinal, chief, main, prime, primary, principal, leading, capital, foremost, overruling; of vital importance &c.. in the front rank, first-rate; superior etc. 33; considerable etc. (great) 31; marked etc. v.; rare etc. 137.    significant, telling, trenchant, emphatic, pregnant; tanti [Lat.].    ... meer laten zien

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Appealing to the mind:
— A serious book.

synoniem: good.

Completely lacking in playfulness.

synoniemen: sober, unplayful.

Roget 837: cheerless, joyless, spiritless; uncheerful, uncheery^†; unlively^†; unhappy etc. 828; melancholy, dismal, somber, dark, gloomy, triste [Fr.], clouded, murky, lowering, frowning, lugubrious, funereal, mournful, lamentable, dreadful.    dreary, flat; dull, dull as a beetle, dull as ditchwater^†; depressing etc. v.. melancholy as a gib cat;" oppressed with melancholy, a prey to melancholy; downcast, downhearted; down in the mouth, down in one's luck; heavy-hearted; in the dumps, down in the dumps, in the suds, in the sulks, in the doldrums; in doleful dumps, in bad humor; sullen; mumpish^†, dumpish, mopish^†, moping; moody, glum; sulky etc. (discontented) 832; out of sorts, out of humor, out of heart, out of spirits; ill at ease, low spirited, in low spirits, a cup too low; weary etc. 841; discouraged, disheartened; desponding; chapfallen^†, chopfallen^†, jaw fallen, crest fallen.    sad, pensive, penseroso [It], tristful^†; dolesome^†, doleful; woebegone; lacrymose, lachrymose, in tears, melancholic, hypped^†, hypochondriacal, bilious, jaundiced, atrabilious^†, saturnine, splenetic; lackadaisical.    serious, sedate, staid, stayed; grave as a judge, grave as an undertaker, grave as a mustard pot; sober, sober as a judge, solemn, demure; grim; grim-faced, grim-visaged; rueful, wan, long-faced.    disconsolate; unconsolable, inconsolable; forlorn, comfortless, desolate, desole [Fr.], sick at heart; soul sick, heart sick; au desespoir [Fr.]; in despair etc. 859; lost.    overcome; broken down, borne down, bowed down; heartstricken etc. (mental suffering) 828^†; cut up, dashed, sunk; unnerved, unmanned; down fallen, downtrodden; broken-hearted; careworn.    ... meer laten zien

Requiring effort or concentration; complex and not easy to answer or solve.

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