| Main Entry: | grave |
| 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: | 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: | unhappy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | sad |
Synonyms: |
bleak, bleeding, blue*, bummed out, cheerless, crestfallen, dejected, depressed, despondent, destroyed, disconsolate, dismal, dispirited, down and out, down in the mouth, down*, downbeat, downcast, dragged, dreary, gloomy, grim, heavy-hearted, hurting, in a blue funk, in pain, in the dumps, let-down, long-faced, low, melancholy, mirthless, miserable, mournful, oppressive, put away, ripped, saddened, sorrowful, sorry, teary, troubled |
Antonyms: |
cheerful, glad, happy, joyous |
| Main Entry: | woebegone |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | depressed, troubled |
Synonyms: |
black, bleak, blue*, bummed out, chapfallen, cheerless, crestfallen, dejected, despondent, disconsolate, dismal, dispirited, doleful, down, down-in-the-mouth, downcast, downhearted, dreary, forlorn, gloomy, grief-stricken, grim, hangdog, hurting, in pain, long-faced, low, lugubrious, melancholy, miserable, mournful, sad, shot down, sorrowful, unhappy, woeful, wretched |
Antonyms: |
enthused, excited, happy, untroubled |
| 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 |