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 Cramps' monstrous version of the Sam Phillips song Domino, originally recorded by Roy Orbison, appears on their Alex Chilton-produced Gravest Hits EP from 1979.

From The Guardian • Jul. 21, 2011

Meanwhile the Gravest Internal Security Threat makes just enough to stay alive until the next season.

From The Guardian • Mar. 27, 2010

That same month Prime Minister Manmohan Singh made his famous statement about the Maoists being the "Gravest Internal Security Threat" to India.

From The Guardian • Mar. 27, 2010

Gravest menace to the wounded soldier is not his wound itself but the triple threat of shock, infection and delay�each of which once killed more men than flying bits of metal.

From Time Magazine Archive

Gravest danger has brought her to seek him in person.

From The Wagnerian Romances by Brownell, Gertrude Hall