英和和英

発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈsɪə̯.ɹi.əs/, /ˈsɪː.ɹi.əs/
• (General American, Canada, mirror–nearer merger) IPA: /ˈsɪɹ.i.əs/
• (米国発音, without the mirror–nearer merger) IPA: /ˈsɪɚ.i.əs/, /ˈsiɹ.i.əs/
• (New Zealand) IPA: /ˈsiə.ɹi.əs/
• (Scotland) IPA: /ˈsi.ɹi.əs/
• (East Anglia, cheer–chair merger) IPA: /ˈsɛː.ɹi.əs/
• 異形同音異義語: cereous; Sirius (mirror–nearer merger)
• 韻: -ɪəɹiəs

形容詞

serious (comparative more serious, superlative most serious)

1. Without humor or expression of happiness; grave in manner or disposition.

   Synonyms: earnest, solemn

   deadly serious

   It was a surprise to see the captain, who had always seemed so serious, laugh so heartily.

2. Important; weighty; not insignificant.

   Synonym: desperate

   This is a serious problem. We'll need our best experts.

3. Really intending what is said (or planned, etc); in earnest; not jocular or deceiving.

   After all these years, we're finally getting serious attention.

   He says he wants to buy the team, but is he serious?

4. (of a relationship) Committed.

同意語

• See also Thesaurus:serious

反意語

• (antonym(s) of “important, weighty”): trifling, unimportant
• (antonym(s) of “intending what is said”): jesting

派生語

副詞

serious (not comparable)

1. (colloquial or dialect) seriously, in a serious manner (most often heard in take or mean serious)
   • 1957, Ray Lawler, Summer of the Seventeenth Doll, Sydney: Fontana Books, published 1974, page 68:

     The only time I walk out on singin' is when there's muckin' about and youse don't take it serious.

Further reading

• “serious”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “serious”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.