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Synonyms for grave
ˈgrɑ veɪgrave
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Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
Princeton's WordNet
gravenoun
death of a person
"he went to his grave without forgiving me"; "from cradle to grave"
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grave accent, tombAntonyms:
noncrucial, frivolous, noncritical, unimportantgrave, tombnoun
a place for the burial of a corpse (especially beneath the ground and marked by a tombstone)
"he put flowers on his mother's grave"
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grave accent, tombAntonyms:
noncrucial, frivolous, noncritical, unimportantgrave accent, graveadjective
a mark (`) placed above a vowel to indicate pronunciation
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grave accent, tombAntonyms:
unimportant, noncritical, frivolous, noncrucialgrave, sedate, sober, solemnadjective
dignified and somber in manner or character and committed to keeping promises
"a grave God-fearing man"; "a quiet sedate nature"; "as sober as a judge"; "a solemn promise"; "the judge was solemn as he pronounced sentence"
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severe, sober, serious, somber, earnest, sincere, dangerous, staid, unplayful, weighty, grievous, drab, sedate, life-threatening, solemn, heavy, sombreAntonyms:
noncrucial, noncritical, unimportant, frivolousdangerous, grave, grievous, serious, severe, life-threateningadjective
causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm
"a dangerous operation"; "a grave situation"; "a grave illness"; "grievous bodily harm"; "a serious wound"; "a serious turn of events"; "a severe case of pneumonia"; "a life-threatening disease"
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severe, sober, serious, wicked, stark, unsafe, terrible, hard, spartan, stern, heavy, unplayful, weighty, monstrous, good, grievous, atrocious, sedate, flagitious, life-threatening, dangerous, knockout, austere, heartbreaking, heartrending, solemnAntonyms:
noncrucial, unimportant, frivolous, noncriticalgrave, grievous, heavy, weightyverb
of great gravity or crucial import; requiring serious thought
"grave responsibilities"; "faced a grave decision in a time of crisis"; "a grievous fault"; "heavy matters of state"; "the weighty matters to be discussed at the peace conference"
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heartrending, sullen, laborious, heavy, overweight, toilsome, intemperate, corpulent, sound, serious, gruelling, dense, grueling, wakeless, with child(p), threatening, solemn, profound, backbreaking, severe, cloggy, heavy(a), large(p), great(p), clayey, enceinte, flagitious, grievous, monstrous, fleshy, atrocious, weighed down, hard, weighty, impenetrable, life-threatening, expectant, lumbering, ponderous, sedate, heartbreaking, sonorous, dangerous, arduous, operose, sober, rotund, heavy(p), big(a), labored, obese, laboured, punishing, cogent, telling, gravid, big(p), lowering, leadenAntonyms:
frivolous, noncritical, unimportant, noncrucialsculpt, sculpture, graveverb
shape (a material like stone or wood) by whittling away at it
"She is sculpting the block of marble into an image of her husband"
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sculpt, scratch, sculpture, inscribe, engraveAntonyms:
noncritical, frivolous, unimportant, noncrucialscratch, engrave, grave, inscribeverb
carve, cut, or etch into a material or surface
"engrave a pen"; "engraved the trophy cupt with the winner's"; "the lovers scratched their names into the bark of the tree"
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itch, call off, scrape up, enrol, expunge, enter, fret, recruit, strike, etch, chafe, sculpture, code, cipher, cypher, come up, scratch, autograph, cancel, inscribe, write in code, encrypt, engrave, scrub, sculpt, scrape, fray, encipher, enroll, excise, scratch up, rubAntonyms:
noncrucial, unimportant, frivolous, noncritical
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Dictionary of English Synonymes
graveverb
Synonyms:
engrave, imprint, infix, impress deeplygraveverb
Synonyms:
carve, form by cuttinggravenoun
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pit (for a dead body), sepulchre, tomb, ossuary, charnel-house, narrow house, long homegraveadjective
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important, weighty, momentous, cogent, of great consequencegraveadjective
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sober, serious, sedate, thoughtful, demure, staid, solemngraveadjective
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plain, not showy, not tawdrygraveadjective
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(Music.) deep, not acute, low in pitch
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How to use grave in a sentence?
Chicago Police Officer Martin Preib:
Chicago and big cities are in grave danger, these radical prosecutors are the most shining example.
You could see it in her eyes – pain made them very deep. Everything about her reeked of death – that gorgeous skin, haunted eyes, porcelain breasts – death masking a soul just marking time. People wanted to get into her. She just wanted a grave. Some wishes eventually get fulfilled.
I am delighted to be here today. I'm also sure the leadership of North Korea is delighted I am here today in a private capacity, at least that's what I've read, perhaps they'll be a little less delighted now that I can speak in unvarnished terms about the grave and growing threat that the north North Korea nuclear weapons program poses to international peace and security.
I remind all parties that the extensive destruction of property and the forcible transfer of protected people in an occupied territory are grave breaches of the Fourth Geneva Convention. While assuring that the humanitarian community stands ready to support all those who have been displaced or otherwise affected, I strongly reiterate our call to Israel to immediately halt unlawful demolitions.
His statement clearly reflects his intent to keep enforcing the hostile policy toward the DPRK as it had been done by the US for over half a century, now that what the keynote of the Kim Yo Jong new DPRK policy has become clear, we will be compelled to press for corresponding measures, and with time the US will find itself in a very grave situation.
Translations for grave
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- адамраAbkhaz
- grafAfrikaans
- ضريح, قبرArabic
- qəbir, məzarAzerbaijani
- ҡәберBashkir
- магі́лаBelarusian
- гробBulgarian
- কবরBengali
- seriós, greu, sepulcreCatalan, Valencian
- hrob, závažný, vážnýCzech
- grav, begravelseDanish
- Grab, dumpf, gemessen, furchtgebietend, dunkel, gravitätisch, gewichtig, respektgebietendGerman
- βαρύς, τάφος, βαρείαGreek
- tomboEsperanto
- apremiante, bajo, grabar, esculpir, sombrío, grave, fosa, tumba, tallar, solemne, serio, reservado, seco, sepulturaSpanish
- haudEstonian
- گور, قبرPersian
- vakava, hauta, matalaFinnish
- grave, tombe, tailler, graver, sculpterFrench
- grêfWestern Frisian
- uaighIrish
- uaighScottish Gaelic
- oaieManx
- קֶבֶרHebrew
- क़ब्र, गंभीरHindi
- sírHungarian
- գերեզմանArmenian
- kuburIndonesian
- gröfIcelandic
- tomba, fossaItalian
- 墓Japanese
- საფლავი, სამარეGeorgian
- мазар, қабырKazakh
- 무덤Korean
- merzel, tirb, mezar, ziyaret, gorr, qebir, قهبر, گۆڕKurdish
- көр, мүрдө, мүрзө, бейитKyrgyz
- sepulchrumLatin
- GrafLuxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- ຂຸມເຮ່ວ, ຊຸມຜີ, ຂຸມຝັງສົບLao
- kapasLithuanian
- kapsLatvian
- гробMacedonian
- булшMongolian
- pusara, kuburMalay
- qabarMaltese
- grafDutch
- gravNorwegian Nynorsk
- gravNorwegian
- ингӕнOssetian, Ossetic
- poważny, grób, mogiłaPolish
- sepulturaPortuguese
- mormântRomanian
- выреза́ть, гравирова́ть, серьёзный, моги́ла, гра́вис, [[производи́ть]] [[впечатле́ние]], [[произвести́]] [[впечатле́ние]], тяжёлый, ни́зкий, гробRussian
- гро̏б, grȍbSerbo-Croatian
- hrobSlovak
- gròbSlovene
- varrAlbanian
- gravSwedish
- kaburiSwahili
- கல்லறைTamil
- సమాధిTelugu
- қабр, гӯрTajik
- หลุมฝังศพ, หลุมศพThai
- gör, mazarTurkmen
- mezarTurkish
- каберTatar
- моги́лаUkrainian
- قبرUrdu
- qabr, goʻr, quburUzbek
- mả, mộ, dấu huyềnVietnamese
- גרובYiddish
- 墓穴Chinese
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