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1 serious
['siəriəs]1) (grave or solemn: a quiet, serious boy; You're looking very serious.) alvarlegur2) ((often with about) in earnest; sincere: Is he serious about wanting to be a doctor?) einlægur3) (intended to make people think: He reads very serious books.) alvarlegur4) (causing worry; dangerous: a serious head injury; The situation is becoming serious.) alvarlegur, hættulegur•- seriously
- take someone or something seriously
- take seriously -
2 earnest
['ə:nist]1) (serious or over-serious: an earnest student; She wore an earnest expression.) alvarlegur, einlægur2) (showing determination, sincerity or strong feeling: He made an earnest attempt to improve his work.) alvarlegur, ákveðinn•- earnestly
- in earnest -
3 grave
I [ɡreiv] noun(a plot of ground, or the hole dug in it, in which a dead person is buried: He laid flowers on the grave.) gröf- gravestone
- graveyard II [ɡreiv] adjective1) (important: a grave responsibility; grave decisions.) mikilvægur2) (serious, dangerous: grave news.) alvarlegur, hættulegur3) (serious, sad: a grave expression.) alvarlegur, dapurlegur•- gravely- gravity -
4 seriously
adverb (in a serious way; to a serious extent: Is he seriously thinking of being an actor?; She is seriously ill.) alvarlega -
5 slump
1. verb1) (to fall or sink suddenly and heavily: He slumped wearily into a chair.) hlamma sér; hlunkast niður2) ((of prices, stocks, trade etc) to become less; to lose value suddenly: Business has slumped.) hrynja, dragast saman2. noun1) (a sudden fall in value, trade etc: a slump in prices.) verðhrun2) (a time of very bad economic conditions, with serious unemployment etc; a depression: There was a serious slump in the 1930s.) kreppa, samdráttur -
6 ailment
noun (an illness, usually not serious or dangerous: Children often have minor ailments.) lasleiki -
7 airy
1) (with plenty of (fresh) air: an airy room.) loftgóður, rúmgóður2) (light-hearted and not serious: an airy disregard for authority.) léttúðugur, kærulaus -
8 bad
[bæd]comparative - worse; adjective1) (not good; not efficient: He is a bad driver; His eyesight is bad; They are bad at tennis (= they play tennis badly).) vondur, slæmur, lélegur2) (wicked; immoral: a bad man; He has done some bad things.) vondur3) (unpleasant: bad news.) slæmur4) (rotten: This meat is bad.) skemmdur, úldinn5) (causing harm or injury: Smoking is bad for your health.) skaðlegur6) ((of a part of the body) painful, or in a weak state: She has a bad heart; I have a bad head (= headache) today.) slæmur, lasinn, bilaður7) (unwell: I am feeling quite bad today.) lasinn8) (serious or severe: a bad accident; a bad mistake.) (mjög) slæmur, alvarlegur9) ((of a debt) not likely to be paid: The firm loses money every year from bad debts.) vafasamur•- badly- badness
- badly off
- feel bad about something
- feel bad
- go from bad to worse
- not bad
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9 badly
comparative - worse; adverb1) (not well, efficiently or satisfactorily: He plays tennis very badly.) illa2) (to a serious or severe extent: He badly needs a haircut; The dress is badly stained.) mjög, illilega -
10 clash
[klæʃ] 1. noun1) (a loud noise, like eg swords striking together: the clash of metal on metal.) árekstur, skellur2) (a serious disagreement or difference: a clash of personalities.) ágreiningur3) (a battle: a clash between opposing armies.) átök4) ((of two or more things) an act of interfering with each other because of happening at the same time: a clash between classes.) átök2. verb1) (to strike together noisily: The cymbals clashed.) lenda saman, rekast á2) (to fight (in battle): The two armies clashed at the mouth of the valley.) takast á, berjast3) (to disagree violently: They clashed over wages.) lenda saman, rífast4) (to interfere (with something or each other) because of happening at the same time: The two lectures clash.) rekast á5) ((of colours) to appear unpleasant when placed together: The (colour of the) jacket clashes with the (colour of the) skirt.) eiga ekki saman -
11 constitute
['konstitju:t](to form; to make up; to be: Nuclear waste constitutes a serious danger.) gera, mynda- constitutional
- constitutionally -
12 consultant
1) (a person who gives professional advice: He is consultant to a firm of engineers; ( also adjective) a consultant engineer.) ráðgjafi, ráðgefandi sérfræðingur2) (a senior hospital doctor specializing in a particular branch of medicine: His condition is so serious that they have sent for the consultant; ( also adjective) a consultant physician.) sérfræðingur -
13 critical
1) (judging and analysing: He has written several critical works on Shakespeare.) sem felur í sér gagnrÿni2) (fault-finding: He tends to be critical of his children.) aðfinnslusamur3) (of, at or having the nature of, a crisis; very serious: a critical shortage of food; After the accident, his condition was critical.) alvarlegur; tvísÿnn -
14 dabble
['dæbl]1) (to play, or trail, in water: He dabbled his feet in the river.) sulla, busla2) (to do anything in a half-serious way or as a hobby: He dabbles in chemistry.) káka (við), föndra (við) -
15 dead
[ded] 1. adjective1) (without life; not living: a dead body; Throw out those dead flowers.) dauður2) (not working and not giving any sign of being about to work: The phone/engine is dead.) bilaður3) (absolute or complete: There was dead silence at his words; He came to a dead stop.) algjör2. adverb(completely: dead drunk.) algjörlega- deaden- deadly 3. adverb(extremely: deadly dull; deadly serious.) ákaflega- dead end- dead-end
- dead heat
- dead language
- deadline
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16 deadly
1) (causing death: a deadly poison.) banvænn2) (very great: He is in deadly earnest (= He is completely serious).) ákafur, mikill, algerlega3) (very dull or uninteresting: What a deadly job this is.) drepleiðinlegur -
17 dignified
((negative undignified) stately, serious or showing dignity: She decided that it would not be dignified to run for the bus.) virðulegur -
18 distraction
[-ʃən]1) (something that takes the mind off other especially more serious affairs: There are too many distractions here to allow one to work properly.) truflun2) (anxiety and confusion: in a state of complete distraction.) hugarangist, uppnám -
19 facetious
[fə'si:ʃəs](not serious; intended to be funny or humorous: a facetious remark.) gamansamur- facetiousness -
20 felon
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