gravest

ADJECTIVE

serious; gloomy

Synonyms

STRONG

dignified dull earnest heavy muted quiet sage sedate sober subdued

WEAK

cold sober deadpan dour grim grim-faced leaden long-faced meaningful no-nonsense ponderous sad saturnine solemn somber staid strictly business thoughtful unsmiling

Antonyms

STRONG

agitated boisterous excited light lively trivial unimportant

WEAK

cheerful frivolous funny happy inconsequential ridiculous silly

ADJECTIVE

crucial, dangerous

Synonyms

STRONG

acute fell heavy killing major pressing threatening

WEAK

afflictive consequential critical deadly destructive dire exigent fatal grievous hazardous important life-and-death momentous of great consequence ominous perilous serious severe significant ugly urgent vital weighty

Antonyms

STRONG

insignificant little small trivial unimportant

WEAK

cheerful frivolous funny happy inconsequential ridiculous silly

Example Sentences

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The footage, shown during a news conference with Cyril Ramaphosa, purported to show the gravesites of murdered farmers.

From BBC • May 21, 2025

District Judge Rossie Alston said that a lawyer for the plaintiffs represented to the court that the work at the memorial involves the disturbance of gravesites.

From Washington Times • Dec. 18, 2023

Palestinian Health Ministry spokesman Ashraf Qudrah said areas for the gravesites had been designated, and bodies were being transferred there.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 17, 2023

Her work is now so well known that Black people call her from all over Texas, asking what to do about family gravesites used as dumps or trampled by cattle.

From New York Times • Sep. 27, 2023

The cold snapped the tethers of the last leaves, and they fell straight down onto Phippsburg’s roads and over the gravesites of Malaga.

From "Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy" by Gary D. Schmidt