adj. marked by pomp or ceremony or formality; "a ceremonial occasion"; "ceremonial garb"

adj. completely lacking in humor or lightness of touch; "choreography that was sobersided and sententious"; "a play with a sobersided social message"

adj. grave or even gloomy in character; "solemn and mournful music"; "a suit of somber black"; "a somber mood"

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"

adj. of or characterized by or adhering to ritualism; "a feudal or ritualistic society"; "the ritualistic killing of a sheep"

adj. causing dejection; "a blue day"; "the dark days of the war"; "a week of rainy depressing weather"; "a disconsolate winter landscape"; "the first dismal dispiriting days of November"; "a dark gloomy day"; "grim rainy weather"

adj. reflecting gloom; "gloomy faces"

adj. showing a brooding ill humor; "a dark scowl"; "the proverbially dour New England Puritan"; "a glum, hopeless shrug"; "he sat in moody silence"; "a morose and unsociable manner"; "a saturnine, almost misanthropic young genius"- Bruce Bliven; "a sour temper"; "a sullen crowd"

adj. sullen or moody

adj. characterized by dignity and propriety

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"

adj. (unplayful)

adj. rigidly formal or bound by convention; "their ceremonious greetings did not seem heartfelt"

adj. (of an occasion) requiring formal clothes; "a dress dinner"; "a full-dress ceremony"

adj. being a matter of form only; lacking substance; "a form-only requirement that is usually ignored"

adj. suitable for formal occasions; "formal wear"; "a full-dress uniform"; "dress shoes"

adj. existing in name only; "the nominal (or titular) head of his party"

adj. formally laid down or imposed; "positive laws"

adj. as a formality only; "a one-candidate pro forma election"

adj. moderately formal; requiring a dinner jacket; "he wore semiformal attire"; "a black-tie dinner"

adj. requiring white ties and tailcoats for men; "a white-tie occasion"

adj. not funny; especially failing to achieve the intended humor; "a very unfunny joke"

adj. suited to or suggestive of a grave or burial; "funereal gloom"; "hollow sepulchral tones"

adj. lacking mirth

adj. not smiling

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"

adj. excessively serious

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"

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

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

adj. full of or showing high-spirited merriment; "when hearts were young and gay"; "a poet could not but be gay, in such a jocund company"- Wordsworth; "the jolly crowd at the reunion"; "jolly old Saint Nick"; "a jovial old gentleman"; "have a merry Christmas"; "peals of merry laughter"; "a mirthful laugh"

adj. being full of or promoting cheer; having or showing good spirits; "her cheerful nature"; "a cheerful greeting"; "a cheerful room"; "as cheerful as anyone confined to a hospital bed could be"

adj. offering fun and gaiety; "a festive (or festal) occasion"; "gay and exciting night life"; "a merry evening"

adj. not hallowed or consecrated

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

adj. cleverly amusing in tone; "a bantering tone"; "facetious remarks"; "tongue-in-cheek advice"

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

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