Solemn

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Deeply earnest, serious, and sober.
  • adj. Somberly or gravely impressive. See Synonyms at serious.
  • adj. Performed with full ceremony: a solemn High Mass.
  • adj. Invoking the force of religion; sacred: a solemn vow.
  • adj. Gloomy; somber.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Deeply serious and somber.
  • adj. Somberly impressive.
  • adj. Performed with great ceremony.
  • adj. Sacred.
  • adj. Gloomy or sombre.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Marked with religious rites and pomps; enjoined by, or connected with, religion; sacred.
  • adj. Pertaining to a festival; festive; festal.
  • adj. Stately; ceremonious; grand.
  • adj. Fitted to awaken or express serious reflections; marked by seriousness; serious; grave; devout.
  • adj. Real; earnest; downright.
  • adj. Affectedly grave or serious.
  • adj. Made in form; ceremonious; ; conforming with all legal requirements.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Recurring yearly; annual.
  • Marked by religious rites or ceremonious observances; connected with religion; sacred; also, marked by special ritual or ceremony.
  • Pertaining to holiday; festive; joyous.
  • Of high repute; important; dignified.
  • Fitted to excite or express serious or devout reflections; grave; impressive; awe-inspiring: as, a solemn pile of buildings.
  • Marked by seriousness or earnestness in language or demeanor; impressive; grave: as, to make a solemn promise; a solemn utterance.
  • Affectedly grave, serious, or important: as, to put on a solemn face.
  • Accompanied with all due forms or ceremonies; made in form; formal; regular: now chiefly a law term: as, probate in solemn form.
  • Sober; gloomy; dark: noting color or tint.
  • Synonyms August, venerable, grand, stately.
  • Serious, etc. (see grave), reverential, sober.
  • To solemnize.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. characterized by a firm and humorless belief in the validity of your opinions
  • adj. dignified and somber in manner or character and committed to keeping promises
  • Equivalent
    serious   
    Form
    solemnity    solemnly    solemnness    solemnize   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    reverential    formal    devout    ceremonial    ritual    sober    grave    devotional    serious    sacred   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Gollum    collum    column    slalom   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    sad    silent    formal    grand    mournful    holy