Associations to the word «Seriousness»

Wiktionary

SERIOUSNESS, noun. The state or quality of being serious.

Dictionary definition

SERIOUSNESS, noun. An earnest and sincere feeling.
SERIOUSNESS, noun. The quality of arousing fear or distress; "he learned the seriousness of his illness".
SERIOUSNESS, noun. The trait of being serious; "a lack of solemnity is not necessarily a lack of seriousness"- Robert Rice.

Wise words

Truthful words are not beautiful; beautiful words are not truthful. Good words are not persuasive; persuasive words are not good.
Lao-Tzu