Gravity and Levity

Gravity

Gravity noun - A mental state free of jesting or trifling.
Usage example: the hospital waiting room was filled with the kind of gravity that inevitably accompanies worry

Levity is an antonym for gravity in topics: solemnity, seriousness, force of attraction.

Nearby Word: gravitation

Levity

Levity noun - A lack of seriousness often at an improper time.
Usage example: the teachers disapprove of any displays of levity during school assemblies

Gravity is an antonym for levity in topics: light-heartedness, funniness.

How words are described

little little gravity little levity
weird weird gravity weird levity
lighter lighter gravity lighter levity
stored stored gravity stored levity

Both words in one sentence

  • It Runs on Nonsensoleum In a corollary to this theory, dogs make people laugh so they can collect levity, which is the opposite of gravity.
  • It Runs on Nonsensoleum Then they use the stored levity to cancel out cats' gravity, so their owners will get off the couch and play with them.
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