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All earnestness synonyms

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noun earnestness

  • devotion — Devotion is great love, affection, or admiration for someone.
  • solemnity — the state or character of being solemn; earnestness; gravity; impressiveness: the solemnity of a state funeral.
  • zeal — fervor for a person, cause, or object; eager desire or endeavor; enthusiastic diligence; ardor.
  • ardor — emotional warmth; passion
  • intensity — the quality or condition of being intense.
  • sincerity — freedom from deceit, hypocrisy, or duplicity; probity in intention or in communicating; earnestness.
  • fervor — great warmth and earnestness of feeling: to speak with great fervor.
  • tenacity — the quality of being tenacious, or of holding fast; persistence: the amazing tenacity of rumors.
  • warmth — the quality or state of being warm; moderate or gentle heat.
  • urgency — urgent character; imperativeness; insistence; importunateness.
  • firmness — not soft or yielding when pressed; comparatively solid, hard, stiff, or rigid: firm ground; firm texture.
  • perseverance — steady persistence in a course of action, a purpose, a state, etc., especially in spite of difficulties, obstacles, or discouragement.
  • attentiveness — characterized by or giving attention; observant: an attentive audience.
  • resolve — to come to a definite or earnest decision about; determine (to do something): I have resolved that I shall live to the full.
  • eagerness — keen or ardent in desire or feeling; impatiently longing: I am eager for news about them. He is eager to sing.
  • sobriety — the state or quality of being sober.
  • deliberation — Deliberation is the long and careful consideration of a subject.
  • keenness — finely sharpened, as an edge; so shaped as to cut or pierce substances readily: a keen razor.
  • absorption — The absorption of a liquid, gas, or other substance is the process of it being soaked up or taken in.
  • decision — When you make a decision, you choose what should be done or which is the best of various possible actions.
  • gravity — the force of attraction by which terrestrial bodies tend to fall toward the center of the earth.
  • stress — importance attached to a thing: to lay stress upon good manners. Synonyms: significance, meaning, emphasis, consequence; weight, value, worth.
  • vehemence — the quality of being vehement; ardor; fervor.
  • passion — any powerful or compelling emotion or feeling, as love or hate.
  • doggedness — persistent in effort; stubbornly tenacious: a dogged worker.
  • concentration — Concentration on something involves giving all your attention to it.
  • purposefulness — having a purpose.
  • resolution — a formal expression of opinion or intention made, usually after voting, by a formal organization, a legislature, a club, or other group. Compare concurrent resolution, joint resolution.
  • persistence — the act or fact of persisting.
  • serious-minded — characterized by seriousness of intention, purpose, thought, etc.; earnest.
  • intentness — firmly or steadfastly fixed or directed, as the eyes or mind: an intent gaze.
  • seriousness — of, showing, or characterized by deep thought.
  • feeling — a quality of an object that is perceived by feeling or touching: the soft feel of cotton.
  • depth — The depth of something such as a river or hole is the distance downwards from its top surface, or between its upper and lower surfaces.
  • ardour — Ardour is a strong, intense feeling of love or enthusiasm for someone or something.
  • fervour — great warmth and earnestness of feeling: to speak with great fervor.
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