grave synonyms

grave

modif.

  1. Important

    momentous, weighty, consequential; see important 1.

  2. Dangerous

    critical, serious, ominous; see dangerous 1.

  3. Solemn

    serious, sober, earnest; see solemn 1. See syn. study at serious.

grave

n.

  1. A burial place

    vault, sepulcher, tomb, pit, crypt, mausoleum, catacomb, long home, burial chamber, burial pit, burial place, six feet of earth, last resting place, narrow house, place of interment, mound, barrow, cromlech, clay, cairn, tumulus, dolmen, cold mud*, pine*, wooden shroud*, pit for the dead*, charnel house*, last home*, permanent address*.

  2. Death

    dissolution, decay, last sleep; see death 2.

make one turn (over) in one's grave*

do something shocking, do something disrespectful, sin, err; see misbehave.

have one foot in the grave*

be near death, be very ill, be very old, be infirm; see dying 2.

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