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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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Alicia Keys fills the CRV that drives me past MacArthur Park, site of my gravest parenting anxieties.

From Slate • May 10, 2026

The United Nations General Assembly this week overwhelmingly backed a resolution declaring the transatlantic slave trade "the gravest crime against humanity".

From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026

This would "drastically" increase energy demand for cooling in developing nations where the gravest health consequences would be felt.

From Barron's • Jan. 26, 2026

Cato correctly identified excessive personal ambition as the gravest threat to the Republic, but Mr. Hoyos’s account suggests he badly misjudged his enemy.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 16, 2025

It was East New Orleans, or the Lower Ninth, with its one-story houses so close to the levees, that were in the gravest danger.

From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers