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overseriousness

overseriousness noun: quality of being excessively serious.

Noun

overseriousness (uncountable)

  1. Quality of being excessively serious.

Origin of overseriousness

From overserious + -ness.

Questions about overseriousness

What does overseriousness mean?
Overseriousness means quality of being excessively serious.
What part of speech is overseriousness?
Overseriousness is a noun.

Words near overseriousness in the dictionary

  1. oversentimentalizes
  2. oversentimentalizing
  3. oversentimentally
  4. overserious
  5. overseriously
  6. overseriousness
  7. overserve
  8. overserved
  9. overserves
  10. overservice
  11. overserviced

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