graveness
Solemn, weighty quality
Graveness is the quality of being grave—serious, solemn, or weighty.
It describes the demeanor of someone facing difficult circumstances with appropriate seriousness: The graveness of her expression told us the news was bad.
The word can also characterize situations themselves: No one fully appreciated the graveness of the threat.
Intensity of sternness
- solemnitySerious, dignified quality
- weightinessState of being consequential
- importanceState of mattering
- earnestnessGenuine seriousness of intent
sobriety · somberness · significance · consequence · urgency · criticality · momentousness · profoundness
Formal event marking occasions
- ritualCeremonial set of actions
- reverenceProfound admiring respect
- respectRegard with honor
- sacrednessQuality of being holy
stateliness · decorum · propriety · formality · observance · pomp · majesty · grandeur
severity
Intensity of sternness
- solemnitySerious, dignified quality
- weightinessState of being consequential
- importanceState of mattering
earnestness · sobriety · somberness · significance · consequence · urgency · criticality · momentousness · profoundness · depth
ceremony
Formal event marking occasions
sacredness · stateliness · decorum · propriety · formality · observance · pomp · majesty · grandeur · dignity
gravenesslevity
Lack of seriousness
lightheartedness · lightness · frivolity · gaiety · merriment
gravenesssuperficiality
Absence of meaningful depth
shallowness · frivolity · triviality · dilettantism · dalliance
grave, gravity, engrave, engraving, engraved, gravitas, gravitate, engraver, graver