Graveness: alternatives and connections

The state or quality of being earnest; intentness; anxiety.

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

The quality or state of being sincere; honesty of mind or intention; freedom from simulation, hypocrisy, disguise, or false pretense; sincereness.

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

The quality of being stuffy.

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a narrower or more specific lexical category.

To clean, as a vessel's bottom, of barnacles, grass, etc., and pay it over with pitch; -- so called because graves or greaves was formerly used for t…

Open English WordNet records a derivational relationship between these word forms.

To clean, as a vessel's bottom, of barnacles, grass, etc., and pay it over with pitch; -- so called because graves or greaves was formerly used for t…

Open English WordNet records a derivational relationship between these word forms.

The state of having weight; beaviness; as, the gravity of lead.

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

The quality or state of being sober.

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Habitual soberness or temperance as to the use of spirituous liquors; as, a man of sobriety.

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Alt. of Sombreness

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

The quality or state of being somber; gloominess.

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.