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"a serious book"adjectiveappealing to the mind
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adjectivecompletely lacking in playfulness
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"a serious wound" "a serious turn of events"adjectivecausing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm
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"a serious student of history" "a serious attempt to learn to ski" "gave me a serious look" "a serious young man" "are you serious or joking?" "Don't be so serious!"adjectiveconcerned with work or important matters rather than play or trivialities
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"marriage is a serious matter"adjectiveof great consequence
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"raised serious objections to the proposal" "the plan has a serious flaw"adjectiverequiring effort or concentration; complex and not easy to answer or solve
Definition that contains serious
- exhaustion serious weakening and loss of energy
- typhoid serious infection marked by intestinal inflammation and ulceration; caused by Salmonella typhosa ingested with food or water
- enteric fever serious infection marked by intestinal inflammation and ulceration; caused by Salmonella typhosa ingested with food or water
- pink disease serious bark disease of many tropical crop trees (coffee, citrus, rubber); branches have a covering of pink hyphae
- debilitation serious weakening and loss of energy
- deep water serious trouble
- brown snail serious garden pest having a brown shell with paler zigzag markings; nearly cosmopolitan in distribution
- typhoid fever serious infection marked by intestinal inflammation and ulceration; caused by Salmonella typhosa ingested with food or water
- fat embolism serious condition in which fat blocks an artery; fat can enter the blood stream after a long bone is fractured or if adipose tissue is injured or as a result of a fatty liver
- enervation serious weakening and loss of energy