sobersided
Lacking all levity
Sobersided means serious and solemn in temperament, lacking humor or levity.
The word suggests steady, earnest character rather than fun-loving disposition: a sobersided businessman who never cracked jokes, The sobersided committee took a dim view of the proposal.
It carries a faintly disapproving tone, implying someone is perhaps too serious for the occasion.
Sincerely intense in purpose
- graveSerious and worrying
- solemnSerious and dignified
- thoughtfulShowing careful consideration
- prudentExercising sound judgment
sensible · levelheaded · judicious · humorless · unsmiling · businesslike · no-nonsense · matter-of-fact
Grand and imposing
- formalFollowing strict protocol
- reservedRestrained in manner
- properSocially appropriate
- decorousSocially appropriate, dignified
respectable · sedate · staid · refined · genteel · prim · buttoned-up · starched
Not entertained
- unsmilingNot showing amusement
- po-facedHumorlessly solemn in expression
- deadpanExpressionless, especially for humor
- stone-facedRevealing no expression
wooden · stolid · impassive · stoic · poker-faced · mirthless · joyless · glum
Severely simple and unadorned
- strictRigorous, without flexibility
- severeExtremely harsh or strict
- unsmilingNot showing amusement
- dourSternly gloomy
grim · forbidding · unyielding · rigid · demanding · exacting · uncompromising · stiff
earnest
Sincerely intense in purpose
- graveSerious and worrying
- solemnSerious and dignified
- thoughtfulShowing careful consideration
prudent · sensible · levelheaded · judicious · humorless · unsmiling · businesslike · no-nonsense · matter-of-fact · deliberate
stately
Grand and imposing
decorous · respectable · sedate · staid · refined · genteel · prim · buttoned-up · starched · ceremonious
unamused
Not entertained
- unsmilingNot showing amusement
- po-facedHumorlessly solemn in expression
- deadpanExpressionless, especially for humor
stone-faced · wooden · stolid · impassive · stoic · poker-faced · mirthless · joyless · glum · dull
austere
Severely simple and unadorned
dour · grim · forbidding · unyielding · rigid · demanding · exacting · uncompromising · stiff · strait-laced