All buffoonery antonyms

noun buffoonery

• admiration — Admiration is a feeling of great liking and respect for a person or thing.
• compliment — A compliment is a polite remark that you say to someone to show that you like their appearance, appreciate their qualities, or approve of what they have done.
• commendation — the act or an instance of commending; praise
• respect — a particular, detail, or point (usually preceded by in): to differ in some respect.
• love — a profoundly tender, passionate affection for another person.
• approval — If you win someone's approval for something that you ask for or suggest, they agree to it.
• misery — wretchedness of condition or circumstances.
• solemnity — the state or character of being solemn; earnestness; gravity; impressiveness: the solemnity of a state funeral.
• sobriety — the state or quality of being sober.
• tragedy — a lamentable, dreadful, or fatal event or affair; calamity; disaster: stunned by the tragedy of so many deaths.
• seriousness — of, showing, or characterized by deep thought.
• sorrow — distress caused by loss, affliction, disappointment, etc.; grief, sadness, or regret.
• woe — grievous distress, affliction, or trouble: His woe was almost beyond description.
• sadness — affected by unhappiness or grief; sorrowful or mournful: to feel sad because a close friend has moved away.
• drudgery — menial, distasteful, dull, or hard work.
• chore — A chore is a task that you must do but that you find unpleasant or boring.
• task — a definite piece of work assigned to, falling to, or expected of a person; duty.
• unhappiness — sad; miserable; wretched: Why is she so unhappy?
• work — Henry Clay, 1832–84, U.S. songwriter.
• gloom — total or partial darkness; dimness.
• sense — any of the faculties, as sight, hearing, smell, taste, or touch, by which humans and animals perceive stimuli originating from outside or inside the body: My sense of smell tells me that dinner is ready.
• labor — productive activity, especially for the sake of economic gain.
• depression — A depression is a time when there is very little economic activity, which causes a lot of unemployment and poverty.
• drama — a composition in prose or verse presenting in dialogue or pantomime a story involving conflict or contrast of character, especially one intended to be acted on the stage; a play.
• flattery — the act of flattering.
• praise — the act of expressing approval or admiration; commendation; laudation.