adj. 1 serious, sombre, solemn, earnest, unsmiling, staid, sedate, sober, dour, gloomy, grim, grim-faced, grim-visaged, Brit po-faced The doctor, looking very grave, said that he had done all he could 2 serious, critical, vital, dangerous, matter of life and death, crucial, urgent, weighty, important, pressing, pivotal, perilous Fenwick is in intensive care in a grave condition
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Meaning of GRAVE in English
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