Solemn

['sɒləm] or ['sɑləm]

Definition

(a.) Marked with religious rites and pomps; enjoined by, or connected with, religion; sacred.

(a.) Pertaining to a festival; festive; festal.

(a.) Stately; ceremonious; grand.

(a.) Fitted to awaken or express serious reflections; marked by seriousness; serious; grave; devout; as, a solemn promise; solemn earnestness.

(a.) Real; earnest; downright.

(a.) Affectedly grave or serious; as, to put on a solemn face.

(a.) Made in form; ceremonious; as, solemn war; conforming with all legal requirements; as, probate in solemn form.

Checker: Paulette

Synonyms and Synonymous

a. [1]. Formal, ritual, ceremonial.[2]. Sacred, religious, devout, reverential, devotional.[3]. Serious, grave, sober.[4]. Awful, august, venerable, imposing, grand, stately, majestic.

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Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Sacred, formal, devotional, reverential, ritual, ceremonial, impressive,religious, grave, serious

ANT:Profane, undevotional, secular, light, gay, trivial, unceremonial, informal,unsolemn

Checker: Michelle

Definition

adj. attended with religions ceremonies pomp or gravity originally taking place every year said esp. of religious ceremonies: impressing with seriousness: awful: devout: having the appearance of gravity: devotional: attended with an appeal to God as an oath: serious: sober gloomy black.—n. Solemnisā′tion.—v.t. Sol′emnise to perform religiously or solemnly once a year or periodically: to celebrate with due rites: to render grave.—ns. Sol′emniser; Solem′nity a solemn religious ceremony: a ceremony adapted to inspire with awe: reverence: seriousness: affected gravity.—adv. sol′emnly.—n. Sol′emnness.

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