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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
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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?
Can it be that chance has made me one of those women so immersed in one man that, whether they are barren or not, they carry with them to the grave the shriveled innocence of an old maid?
It is in fact nothing short of a miracle that the modern methods of instruction have not yet entirely strangled the holy curious of inquiry. It is a very grave mistake to think that the enjoyment of seeing and searching can be promoted by means of coercion and a sense of duty.
We are all here to help them in washing the body, putting them in the grave. the family understands that its a crime scene. Its going to be a criminal charge against the guy whos done this, so they need to be pretty thorough.
This is now a very grave situation. So we need to operate Kaesong Industrial Complex with necessary but minimum personnel.
Methodist parishioners who believe the Bible is the word of God ought to demand that their denomination cut off any support to Duke, i think John Wesley would be turning over in his grave. This is certainly not the Methodism of John Wesley – a faith that was firmly founded on the Bible.
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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