uncomic

adjective

ˌən-ˈkä-mik How to pronounce uncomic (audio)
Definition of uncomicnext
as in solemn
not joking or playful in mood or manner the movie takes a very uncomic approach to underage drinking, finding nothing funny about drunken teens

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for uncomic
  1. solemn
  2. serious
  3. stern
Adjective
  • The announcement was made earlier this month at a solemn ceremony at Department headquarters in Brooklyn to honor the lives lost.
    Vanessa Etienne, Peoplemag, 11 Sep. 2024
  • Their presence is solemn and, at the same time, festive, an echo of past times that rings with each step.
    Arath Zumaya Muñoz, Vogue, 2 Nov. 2024
Definition of solemn
Adjective
  • The Trump administration now needs to get serious about shaping regional and global conventions around digital trade, anticorruption, and intellectual property rights to counter Beijing’s efforts to bend weaker states to its will and obstruct U.S. economic access.
    Michael Green, Foreign Affairs, 19 Nov. 2024
  • Here’s where the fun stuff turns into serious stuff.
    Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 16 Nov. 2024
Definition of serious
Adjective
  • Montgomery based the story of Anne in part on her own upbringing, after her mother died and her father left her with her stern grandparents in Cavendish on the north shore of the island.
    Melanie Stetson Freeman, The Christian Science Monitor, 26 Nov. 2024
  • Unable to find the individual, Bryan delivered a stern warning instead.
    Angel Saunders, People.com, 26 Nov. 2024
Definition of stern
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