1. serious

adjective. ['ˈsɪriːəs'] concerned with work or important matters rather than play or trivialities.

Rhymes with Serious

• deleterious
• mysterious
• imperious
• delirious

How do you pronounce serious?

Pronounce serious as ˈsɪriəs.

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Sentences with serious

1. Adjective
Doing so while the engine is still cold or in the process of warming up could cause serious damage.

Quotes about serious

1. There's plenty of room for humor in politics, God knows, but it's a serious business.
- Al Franken

2. Being incarcerated is truly very serious, and it has changed my life to such an extent that breaking the cycle has become my sole focus. Jail is definitely not cool. Education is.
- Ja Rule

3. There's something very authentic about humor, when you think about it. Anybody can pretend to be serious. But you can't pretend to be funny.
- Billy Collins

2. serious-minded

adjective. acting with or showing thought and good sense.

3. serious-mindedness

noun. the trait of being serious.

4. serious

adjective. ['ˈsɪriːəs'] of great consequence.

5. serious

adjective. ['ˈsɪriːəs'] causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm.

6. serious

adjective. ['ˈsɪriːəs'] appealing to the mind.

7. serious

adjective. ['ˈsɪriːəs'] completely lacking in playfulness.

8. serious

adjective. ['ˈsɪriːəs'] requiring effort or concentration; complex and not easy to answer or solve.