Despite the seriousness of his illness, Mr Robinson is in good spirits.
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Seriousness
//ˈsɪɹiəsnəs//
Synonyms for "seriousness" (88 found)
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Closest matches (18)
Strong matches (26)
Related words (44)
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1 entriesderived from
1 entriesis a
3 entriesrelated to
1 entriesTranslations
34 translations across 25 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- ernstig noun (state of being serious)
Arabic
1 entries- جِدِّيَّة noun (state of being serious)
Armenian
1 entries- լրջություն noun (state of being serious)
Bulgarian
2 entries- важност noun (state of being serious)
- сериозност noun (state of being serious)
Catalan
2 entries- gravetat noun (state of being serious)
- serietat noun (state of being serious)
Czech
1 entries- vážnost noun (state of being serious)
Danish
1 entries- alvor noun (state of being serious)
Dutch
1 entries- ernst noun (state of being serious)
Esperanto
1 entries- seriozeco noun (state of being serious)
Finnish
1 entries- vakavuus noun (state of being serious)
French
2 entries- gravité noun (state of being serious)
- sériosité noun (state of being serious)
Galician
1 entries- seriedade noun (state of being serious)
German
1 entries- Ernsthaftigkeit noun (state of being serious)
Greek
1 entries- σοβαρότητα noun (state of being serious)
Italian
2 entries- gravità noun (state of being serious)
- serietà noun (state of being serious)
Middle English
1 entries- sadnesse noun (state of being serious)
Norwegian Bokmål
3 entries- alvor noun (state of being serious)
- alvorlighet noun (state of being serious)
- seriøsitet noun (state of being serious)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- alvor noun (state of being serious)
- seriøsitet noun (state of being serious)
Polish
1 entries- powaga noun (state of being serious)
Portuguese
2 entries- gravidade noun (state of being serious)
- seriedade noun (state of being serious)
Romanian
1 entries- seriozitate noun (state of being serious)
Russian
1 entries- серьёзность noun (state of being serious)
Serbo-Croatian
1 entries- ozbíljnōst noun (state of being serious)
Spanish
2 entries- gravedad noun (state of being serious)
- seriedad noun (state of being serious)
Turkish
1 entries- ciddiyet noun (state of being serious)
Sample sentences
13 total sentences available.
Bob Johnson tried to make people realize the seriousness of the situation in Africa.
Source: tatoeba (33266)
They couldn't comprehend the seriousness of the matter.
Source: tatoeba (305749)
Tom soon realized the seriousness of his error.
Source: tatoeba (1092898)
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