Gravest

Synonyms for "gravest" (562 found)

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Closest matches (113)

grievous engrave sculpt sedate serious solemn abject abominable acute afflictive agonizing annihilation arch aristocratic arrant assemble atrocious august autolithograph awe inspiring

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Adjective(9 words)

serious weighty austere authoritative big central consequential critical crucial

Adjective(1 words)

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deep-echoing deep-pitched deep-toned deepmouthed degraded demise demure departure deplorable depraved desperate despicable destructive dignified dire dirty disgusting dismal dissolution distressing

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docket dokhma dolmen doom dour dreadful drear drearisome dreary drive dusk dusky dying earnest ebb of life elevated enchase end end of life ending enroll enscroll enter equivocal etch eternal rest excruciating execrable exhaustive exit expiration extinction extinguishment fatal fateful fell file fill out final summons finger of death flagrant footstone formal formidable foul found frowning full fulsome funebrial funereal furrow gloomy gnawing going going off grand grave accent gravestone gravity gray great grey grim grim-faced grim-visaged griping groove gross hammer hand of death hard harrowing harsh hatch headstone heavy heinous high hoarstone hollow horrible house of death hurtful hurting impanel important imposing impress imprint incise inculcate index infix ingrain inscribe inscription insculpture insert inspiring instill intense irresistible jaws of death jot jot down killing kingly knell last debt last home last muster last rest last roundup last sleep leaving life life threatening line list lithograph little

Adjective(18 words)

demure earnest epochful essential extraordinary fatefraught fateful fatesome frightful grievous heavy high on the totem pole historic important innegligible key lack-laughter life-or-death

Verb(4 words)

engrave gouge inscribe lay to rest

Noun(2 words)

grave accent grievous

Adjective(3 words)

grievous heavy life-threatening

Related words (281)

lofty log long faced long home long-faced lordly loss of life low low down low green tent low house low-down low-pitched lumpen magisterial main majestic major make a memorandum make a note

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make an entry make out make prints making an end mangy mark mark down marker mastaba matriculate mausoleum maximum mean measly megalith memento memorial memorial arch memorial column memorial statue memorial stone memorialize menhir mighty minute miserable model moderate mold monolith monstrance monstrous monument mound moving mummy chamber murderous narrow house necrology nefarious nigrescent no-nonsense noble note note down obelisk obituary obnoxious odious ossuarium ossuary painful paltry paroxysmal parting passage grave passing passing away passing over pensive perilous perishing petty piercing pillar pit pivotal place upon record plaque plenary poignant poker faced poky poll ponderous poor portentous post post up pound powerful pressing princely print prize pungent put down put in writing put on paper put on tape pyramid queenly quietus racking rank record reduce to writing regal register release reliquary remembrance reptilian rest resting place reward ribbon rostral column royal sad saturnine scabby score scrape scratch scribe scrubby scruffy sculp sculpture scummy scurvy self-contained sentence of death sepulcher sepulchral sepulture set down severe shabby shades of death shadow of death shaft shaft grave sharp shoddy shooting shrine sleep small sober sober-minded sobersided solder somatic death somber sombrous spasmatic spasmic spasmodic squalid stabbing staid stamp stately statuesque stela stinging stipple stone stone faced stone-faced straight faced straight-faced strong stupa subdued sublime summons of death swart swarthy tablet tabulate take down tape tape-record temperate terrible testimonial thoughtful tomb tombstone tool tope tormenting torturous total tower of silence triste trophy tumulus ugly unmentionable unsmiling urgent vault venerable videotape vile vital weariful wearisome weary weightsome weighty weld woeful worthy wretched write write down write in write out write up

Noun(3 words)

Adjective(35 words)

magisterial masterful meaningful momentous necessary noted noticeable observable oracular outstanding paramount pertinent pivotal relevant remarkable sad sage salient saturnine sedate

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significant sober solemn solemncholy somber sombre staid sterling stern sweer thoughtful unignorable valuable vital weightsome

Verb(3 words)

scratch sculpt sculpture

Adjective(6 words)

sedate serious severe sober solemn weighty

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The US invasion of Iraq was one of the gravest acts of aggression in modern history.

Source: tatoeba (10692381)

Hunting for ivory on the African continent has tripled, and elephants now are facing their gravest crisis in decades, according to the U.N. Environmental Protection Agency and other conservation groups.

Source: tatoeba (12154731)

"Thou wilt get an aged woman before thy years. Thou seemest ignorant of that best preservative of bright eyes and fresh looks — repose ; and unwittingly thou gravest a new wrinkle on thy brow, with each hour thou livest!"

Source: wiktionary

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