Festivity
Festivity noun - A mood characterized by high spirits and amusement and often accompanied by laughter.
Usage example: rather than mourn our friend's death we celebrated his life, and his memorial service was more notable for its festivity than its funereal gloom
Seriousness
Seriousness noun - A mental state free of jesting or trifling.
Festivity is an antonym for seriousness.
How words are described
| great | great festivity | great seriousness |
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Seriousness and Festivity. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/festivity/seriousness
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Seriousness or Festivity. 2016. Accessed August 14, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/festivity/seriousness.
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