a. | 1. | Marked with religious rites and pomps; enjoined by, or connected with, religion; sacred. | |||
2. | Pertaining to a festival; festive; festal. | ||||
3. | Stately; ceremonious; grand. | ||||
4. | Fitted to awaken or express serious reflections; marked by seriousness; serious; grave; devout; | ||||
5. | Real; earnest; downright. | ||||
6. | Affectedly grave or serious; | ||||
7. | (Law) Made in form; ceremonious;
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Adj. | 1. | solemn - dignified and somber in manner or character and committed to keeping promises; "a grave God-fearing man"; "a quiet sedate nature"; "as sober as a judge"; "a solemn promise"; "the judge was solemn as he pronounced sentence" |
2. | solemn - 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" |