Synonym: distressfulness, earnestness, serious-mindedness, sincerity. Similar words: cautiousness, consciousness, capriciousness, fastidiousness, pretentiousness, stream of consciousness, callousness, arduousness. Meaning: ['sɪrɪəsnɪs /'sɪər-] 
n. 1. an earnest and sincere feeling 2. the quality of arousing fear or distress 3. the trait of being serious.
n. 1. an earnest and sincere feeling 2. the quality of arousing fear or distress 3. the trait of being serious. 
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1. He was beginning to understand the seriousness of life.
2. He maintained an attitude of high seriousness.
3. She failed to comprehend the seriousness of the situation.
4. I hope you realize the seriousness of this crime.
5. She has no comprehension of the seriousness of the situation.
6. In all seriousness, if Tom does resign, a lot of other people will start leaving too.
7. Police often downgrade the seriousness of violence against women in the home.
8. Don't trivialize the seriousness of the issue!
9. "This is not good," he said with great seriousness.
10. He underrated the seriousness of William's head injury.
11. Everybody recognized the seriousness of the situation.
12. He didn't realize the seriousness of her illness.
13. Lillith's formality and seriousness amused him.
14. With great seriousness he pondered upon the problem.
15. The seriousness of the crime cannot be overstated.
16. Baldwin treated the matter with the utmost seriousness.
17. Her voice was imbued with an unusual seriousness.
18. Don't trivialise the seriousness of the issue!
19. Security matters are treated with the utmost seriousness.
20. He hasn't yet woken up to the seriousness of the situation.
21. In all seriousness,(Sentencedict.com ) there is nothing else I can do.
22. The joke did not obscure the underlying seriousness of his point.
23. There is a growing awareness of the seriousness of this disease.
24. He has not recognized the seriousness of the present situation.
25. You can't in all seriousness think they'll give you the job!
26. Military spokespeople tried to play down the seriousness of the disaster.
27. A man's maturity: that is to have rediscovered the seriousness he possessed as a child at play.
28. Any growth in unemployment is self-evidently a matter of extreme seriousness.
29. 'Playing with Richie was the highlight of my musical career,' said Sonny in all seriousness.
30. When he summed up, the judge reminded the jury of the seriousness of the case.
More similar words: cautiousness, consciousness, capriciousness, fastidiousness, pretentiousness, stream of consciousness, callousness, arduousness, nervousness, righteousness, serious, meticulousness, imperious, imperiously, mysterious, deleterious, meritorious, mysteriously, carelessness, uselessness, tactlessness, selflessness, faithlessness, powerlessness, limitlessness, furious, various, curious, usurious, nefarious.