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n. death of a person; "he went to his grave without forgiving me"; "from cradle to grave"

n. a place for the burial of a corpse (especially beneath the ground and marked by a tombstone); "he put flowers on his mother's grave"

grave accent, grave

n. a mark (`) placed above a vowel to indicate pronunciation

sculpt, sculpture, grave

v. shape (a material like stone or wood) by whittling away at it; "She is sculpting the block of marble into an image of her husband"

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grave

adj. slow and solemn

grave, awful

adj. painful or dangerous: "an awful accident"; "a grave wound"

grave, sedate, sober, solemn

adj. dignified and somber in manner or character and committed to keeping promises; "a grave God-fearing man"; "a quiet sedate nature"; "as sober as a judge"; "a solemn promise"; "the judge was solemn as he pronounced sentence"

dangerous, grave, grievous, serious, severe, life-threatening

adj. causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm; "a dangerous operation"; "a grave situation"; "a grave illness"; "grievous bodily harm"; "a serious wound"; "a serious turn of events"; "a severe case of pneumonia"; "a life-threatening disease"

crypt

n. a cellar or vault or underground burial chamber (especially beneath a church)

mausoleum

n. a large burial chamber, usually above ground

vault, burial vault

n. a burial chamber (usually underground)

catacomb

n. an underground tunnel with recesses where bodies were buried (as in ancient Rome)

shrine

n. a place of worship hallowed by association with some sacred thing or person

bad

adj. having undesirable or negative qualities; "a bad report card"; "his sloppy appearance made a bad impression"; "a bad little boy"; "clothes in bad shape"; "a bad cut"; "bad luck"; "the news was very bad"; "the reviews were bad"; "the pay is bad"; "it was a bad light for reading"; "the movie was a bad choice"

sedate, staid

adj. characterized by dignity and propriety

dangerous, grave, grievous, serious, severe, life-threatening

adj. causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm; "a dangerous operation"; "a grave situation"; "a grave illness"; "grievous bodily harm"; "a serious wound"; "a serious turn of events"; "a severe case of pneumonia"; "a life-threatening disease"

somber, sombre, serious

adj. (unplayful)

significant

adj. too closely correlated to be attributed to chance and therefore indicating a systematic relation; "the interaction effect is significant at the .01 level"; "no significant difference was found"

sedate, staid

adj. characterized by dignity and propriety

grave, sedate, sober, solemn

adj. dignified and somber in manner or character and committed to keeping promises; "a grave God-fearing man"; "a quiet sedate nature"; "as sober as a judge"; "a solemn promise"; "the judge was solemn as he pronounced sentence"

crucial, important

adj. of extreme importance; vital to the resolution of a crisis; "a crucial moment in his career"; "a crucial election"; "a crucial issue for women"

severe, terrible, wicked

adj. intensely or extremely bad or unpleasant in degree or quality; "severe pain"; "a severe case of flu"; "a terrible cough"; "under wicked fire from the enemy's guns"; "a wicked cough"

consequential, eventful

adj. having important issues or results; "the year's only really consequential legislation"; "an eventful decision"

momentous

adj. of very great significance; "deciding to drop the atom bomb was a very big decision"; "a momentous event"

high, heavy, big, violent

adj. marked by intense physical force: "a big wind"; "a violent squall"; "heavy seas"; "high winds"

weighty

adj. weighing heavily on the spirit; causing anxiety or worry; "weighty problems"

penetrative, penetrating

adj. tending to penetrate; having the power of entering or piercing; "a toxic penetrative spray applied to the surface"; "a cold penetrating wind"; "a penetrating odor"

serious

adj. of great consequence; "marriage is a serious matter"

adagio

adj. (of tempo) leisurely

andante

adj. (of tempo) moderately slow

lento

adj. (of tempo) slow

lentissimo

adj. (of tempo) very slow

largo

adj. very slow in tempo and broad in manner

larghetto

adj. (of tempo) less slow and broad than largo

larghissimo

adj. (of tempo) as slow and broad as possible

moderato

adj. (of tempo) moderate

grotty

adj. very unpleasant or offensive ; "a grotty little play"

hateful, mean

adj. characterized by malice; "a hateful thing to do"; "in a mean mood"

earnest, sincere, solemn

adj. characterized by a firm and humorless belief in the validity of your opinions; "both sides were deeply in earnest, even passionate"; "an entirely sincere and cruel tyrant"; "a film with a solemn social message"

overserious

adj. excessively serious

real

adj. not to be taken lightly; "statistics demonstrate that poverty and unemployment are very real problems"; "to the man sleeping regularly in doorways homelessness is real"

thoughtful, serious-minded

adj. acting with or showing thought and good sense; "a sensible young man"

sobering

adj. tending to make sober or more serious; "the news had a sobering effect"

desperate, dire

adj. fraught with extreme danger; nearly hopeless; "a desperate illness"; "on all fronts the Allies were in a desperate situation due to lack of materiel"- G.C.Marshall; "a dire emergency"

dire

adj. fraught with extreme danger; nearly hopeless; "a desperate illness"; "on all fronts the Allies were in a desperate situation due to lack of materiel"- G.C.Marshall; "a dire emergency"

frivolous

adj. not serious in content or attitude or behavior; "a frivolous novel"; "a frivolous remark"; "a frivolous young woman"

witty

adj. combining clever conception and facetious expression; "his sermons were unpredictably witty and satirical as well as eloquent"

trivial

adj. concerned with trivialities; "a trivial young woman"; "a trivial mind"

flighty, flyaway, head-in-the-clouds, scatterbrained

adj. guided by whim and fancy; "flighty young girls"

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