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seriousness collapse: the trait of being serious; "a lack of solemnity is not necessarily a lack of seriousness"- Robert Rice; the quality of arousing fear or distress; "he learned the seriousness of his illness"

soften collapse: become soft or softer; "The bread will soften if you pour some liquid on it"; make soft or softer; "This liquid will soften your laundry"; make (images or sounds) soft or softer

serious collapse: requiring effort or concentration; complex and not easy to answer or solve; "raised serious objections to the proposal"; "the plan has a serious flaw"; of great consequence; "marriage is a serious matter"; concerned with work or important matters rather than play or trivialities; "a serious student of history"; "a serious attempt to learn to ski"; "gave me a serious look"; "a serious young man"; "are you serious or joking?"; "Don't be so serious!"

courtly collapse: refined or imposing in manner or appearance; befitting a royal court; "a courtly gentleman"

pensive collapse: showing pensive sadness; "the sensitive and wistful response of a poet to the gentler phases of beauty"

judicious collapse: marked by the exercise of good judgment or common sense in practical matters; "judicious use of one's money"; "a wise decision"

ruminant collapse: any of various cud-chewing hoofed mammals having a stomach divided into four (occasionally three) compartments; related to or characteristic of animals of the suborder Ruminantia or any other animal that chews a cud; "ruminant mammals"

sight collapse: a optical instrument for aiding the eye in aiming, as on a firearm or surveying instrument; the range of vision; "out of sight of land"; the ability to see; the visual faculty; an instance of visual perception; "the sight of his wife brought him back to reality"; "the train was an unexpected sight"; a range of mental vision; "in his sight she could do no wrong"; anything that is seen; "he was a familiar sight on the television"; "they went to Paris to see the sights"; catch sight of; to perceive with the eyes; "he caught sight of the king's men coming over the ridge"

somber collapse: grave or even gloomy in character; "solemn and mournful music"; "a suit of somber black"; "a somber mood"

taste collapse: a kind of sensing; distinguishing substances by means of the taste buds; "a wine tasting"; the faculty of distinguishing sweet, sour, bitter, and salty properties in the mouth; "his cold deprived him of his sense of taste"; the sensation that results when taste buds in the tongue and throat convey information about the chemical composition of a soluble stimulus; "the candy left him with a bad taste"; "the melon had a delicious taste"; delicate discrimination (especially of aesthetic values); "arrogance and lack of taste contributed to his rapid success"; "to ask at that particular time was the ultimate in bad taste"; a brief experience of something; "he got a taste of life on the wild side"; "she enjoyed her brief taste of independence"; a small amount eaten or drunk; "take a taste--you'll like it"; experience briefly; "The ex-slave tasted freedom shortly before she died"; perceive by the sense of taste; "Can you taste the garlic?"; distinguish flavors; "We tasted wines last night"; have flavor; taste of something

sensible collapse: aware intuitively or intellectually of something sensed; "made sensible of his mistakes"; "I am sensible that the mention of such a circumstance may appear trifling"- Henry Hallam; "sensible that a good deal more is still to be done"- Edmund Burke; readily perceived by the senses; "the sensible universe"; "a sensible odor"; able to feel or perceive; "even amoeba are sensible creatures"; "the more sensible parts of the skin"

dampen collapse: lessen in force or effect; "soften a shock"; "break a fall"; check; keep in check (a fire); make vague or obscure or make (an image) less visible; "muffle the message"; reduce the amplitude (of oscillations or waves)

tame collapse: flat and uninspiring; brought from wildness into a domesticated state; "tame animals"; "fields of tame blueberries"; very restrained or quiet; "a tame Christmas party"; "she was one of the tamest and most abject creatures imaginable with no will or power to act but as directed"; correct by punishment or discipline

realistic collapse: aware or expressing awareness of things as they really are; "a realistic description"; "a realistic view of the possibilities"; "a realistic appraisal of our chances"; "the actors tried to create a realistic portrayal of the Africans"; of or relating to the philosophical doctrine of realism; "a realistic system of thought"

realist collapse: a philosopher who believes that universals are real and exist independently of anyone thinking of them; a painter who represents the world realistically and not in an idealized or romantic style; a person who accepts the world as it literally is and deals with it accordingly

worldly collapse: characteristic of or devoted to the temporal world; "worldly goods and advancement"

earnest collapse: something of value given by one person to another to bind a contract; characterized by a firm and humorless belief in the validity of your opinions; "both sides were deeply in earnest, even passionate"; "an entirely sincere and cruel tyrant"; "a film with a solemn social message"

portentous collapse: of momentous or ominous significance; "such a portentous...monster raised all my curiosity"- Herman Melville; "a prodigious vision"

realism collapse: the attribute of accepting the facts of life and favoring practicality and literal truth; (philosophy) the philosophical doctrine that physical objects continue to exist when not perceived

abate collapse: become less in amount or intensity; "The storm abated"; "The rain let up after a few hours"

pragmatism collapse: (philosophy) the doctrine that practical consequences are the criteria of knowledge and meaning and value

weaken collapse: become weaker; "The prisoner's resistance weakened after seven days"; lessen the strength of; "The fever weakened his body"

restrain collapse: hold back; to close within bounds, limit or hold back from movement; "This holds the local until the express passengers change trains"; "About a dozen animals were held inside the stockade"; "The illegal immigrants were held at a detention center"; "The terrorists held the journalists for ransom"; keep under control; keep in check; "suppress a smile"; "Keep your temper"; "keep your cool"

seriously collapse: in a serious manner; "talking earnestly with his son"; "she started studying snakes in earnest"; "a play dealing seriously with the question of divorce"

grizzly collapse: powerful brownish-yellow bear of the uplands of western North America

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