Add the "Quote of the Day" to Your Site or Blog - it's EASY!
Home - Quote Topics - Quote Keywords - Author Types - Author Nationalities

Authors:    A  B  C  D  E  F  G  H  I  J  K  L  M  N  O  P  Q  R  S  T  U  V  W  X  Y  Z 

Google Web brainyquote.com   
Definition of Serious
Serious

Grave in manner or disposition; earnest; thoughtful; solemn; not light, gay, or volatile.

Really intending what is said; being in earnest; not jesting or deceiving.

Important; weighty; not trifling; grave.

Hence, giving rise to apprehension; attended with danger; as, a serious injury.

Related Definitions:
Apprehension, As, Attended, Being, Danger, Deceiving, Disposition, Earnest, Gay, Giving, Grave, Hence, Important, In, Injury, Intending, Is, Jesting, Light, Manner, Not, Or, Really, Rise, Said, Serious, Solemn, Thoughtful, To, Trifling, Volatile, Weighty, What, With


Serious Quotations

My work is a game, a very serious game.
M. C. Escher

Anyone who relies exclusively on television for his or her knowledge of the world is making a serious mistake.
Steve Powers

A joke is a very serious thing.
Winston Churchill

Life does not cease to be funny when people die any more than it ceases to be serious when people laugh.
George Bernard Shaw

Do the best you can, and don't take life too serious.
Will Rogers

Serious Translations

serious in Afrikaans is erg, belangrik, ernstig
serious in Danish is vigtig, alvorlig
serious in Dutch is erg, ernstig, voornaam, belangrijk
serious in Italian is pesante, serio, grave
serious in Latin is serius, gravis
serious in Spanish is grave, importante, pesado, serio


Quotes    RSS Feeds        Copyright 2008 BrainyMedia.com