Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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serious | No | Yes | No | No |
grave | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
serious (noun) | grave (noun) |
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a place for the burial of a corpse (especially beneath the ground and marked by a tombstone) | |
a mark (`) placed above a vowel to indicate pronunciation | |
death of a person |
serious (adjective) | grave (adjective) |
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concerned with work or important matters rather than play or trivialities | causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm |
completely lacking in playfulness | of great gravity or crucial import; requiring serious thought |
causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm | dignified and somber in manner or character and committed to keeping promises |
requiring effort or concentration; complex and not easy to answer or solve | |
of great consequence | |
appealing to the mind |
serious (verb) | grave (verb) |
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carve, cut, or etch into a material or surface | |
shape (a material like stone or wood) by whittling away at it |