ultra-serious
adjective
(alsoultraserious)uk/ˌʌl.trəˈsɪə.ri.əs/us/ˌʌl.trəˈsɪr.i.əs/ultra-seriousadjective(NOT JOKING)
notjokingortryingto befunnyat all:
Thejudgehas an ultra-seriouspersonain thecourtroom, but those whoknowherpersonallyadmirehersenseofhumour.
Hischaracterprovidesthecomicreliefon the show incontrastto his ultra-seriouspartner.
- People might notapproveof you makingjokesabout this ultra-seriousfilm.
- Herbookis aparodyof one of thoseself-importantand ultra-seriousliterarybiographies.
Lacking humour
- be no laughing matteridiom
- beyond
- beyond a jokeidiom
- earnestly
- earnestness
- intense
- joke
- lightly
- mirthlessly
- overearnest
- po-faced
- poker-faced
- solemnity
- sombreness
- starchy
- turgid
- turgidity
- turgidly
- unamusing
- unfunny
ultra-seriousadjective(DETERMINED)
verydeterminedtotryhard and do well in ajob,task,hobby, etc.:
Themagazinefeaturesgourmetrecipesfor the ultraserioushomecook.
Hisfriendsdescribehim asambitious,driven, and ultra-serious.
- After atermofpoorgrades, shereturnedtoschoolultra-serious andfocused.
- She is an ultra-seriousyoungreporterwhoworksdiligentlytouncovercorruptioninlocalgovernment.
Strong-willed
- adamant
- adamantine
- adamantly
- aggressive
- aggressively
- go-getting
- going
- gutsy
- hard-boiled
- hard-headed
- pigheadedly
- purposeful
- purposefully
- pushy
- recalcitrant
- unbending
- undaunted
- unrelenting
- unrelentingly
- unyielding