Synonyms of graveness

graveness

noun

as in intentness

a mental state free of jesting or trifling

the doctor's unexpected graveness warned us that the news was bad

Synonyms & Similar Words

• intentness
• gravity
• seriousness
• earnestness
• solemnity
• earnest
• solemnness
• decisiveness
• soberness
• attentiveness
• purposefulness
• intensity
• staidness
• sobriety
• deliberation
• serious-mindedness
• resoluteness
• determination
• resolve
• concentration
• gravitas
• humorlessness
• absorption
• immersion
• firmness
• engrossment
• enthrallment

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• levity
• lightness
• flippancy
• lightheartedness
• facetiousness
• frivolousness
• frivolity
• play
• flightiness
• lightness
• superficiality
• shallowness
• unseriousness
• dilettantism
• dalliance
• mirth
• cheerfulness
• gaiety
• glee
• gayety
• merriment
• high-spiritedness