gravity
noun
[ ˈɡravɪti ]
• the force that attracts a body towards the centre of the earth, or towards any other physical body having mass.
• extreme importance; seriousness.
• "crimes of the utmost gravity"
Similar:
seriousness,
importance,
profundity,
significance,
momentousness,
moment,
weightiness,
weight,
consequence,
magnitude,
criticalness,
acuteness,
cruciality,
urgency,
exigence,
direness,
terribleness,
awfulness,
dreadfulness,
precariousness,
perilousness,
peril,
hazard,
danger,
threat,
menace,
risk,
hairiness,
iffiness,
chanciness,
dodginess,
egregiousness,
• solemnity of manner.
• "has the poet ever spoken with greater eloquence or gravity?"
Similar:
solemnity,
seriousness,
sombreness,
sobriety,
soberness,
severity,
unsmilingness,
stone-facedness,
long-facedness,
grim-facedness,
grimness,
humourlessness,
gloominess,
preoccupation,
thoughtfulness,
dignity,
staidness,
dourness,
aloofness,
Origin:
late 15th century (in gravity (sense 2)): from Old French, or from Latin gravitas ‘weight, seriousness’, from gravis ‘heavy’. gravity (sense 1) dates from the 17th century.
