seriousness

/sˈɪɹiəsnəs/ · 4 syllables

Meaning

noun

1. an earnest and sincere feeling
2. the quality of arousing fear or distress
   “he learned the seriousness of his illness”
3. the trait of being serious- Robert Rice
   “a lack of solemnity is not necessarily a lack of seriousness”

Synonyms for seriousness

• earnestness
• sincerity
• distressfulness
• serious-mindedness

Antonyms of seriousness

• frivolity