Nowadays I'd describe myself as earnest, terribly earnest. I'm the person who wants everybody in the room to feel important and happy.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Earnestness is enthusiasm tempered by reason.
I am a humble but very earnest seeker after truth.
Earnestness can ferment into sentimentality.
Earnest people are always a bit on the thick side in my experience.
I think the word 'earnest' kind of has a negative connotation on some level. I think one of the things that's happened is that being cynical is somehow conflated with being sophisticated. I think that's problematic, to say the least.
You see so many earnest characters in movies all the time, everyone has a purpose.
'The Importance of Being Earnest' is important, but it says nothing about anything.
It's amazing how much you can learn if your intentions are truly earnest.
I don't want to play earnest. I'd rather play somebody who's kind of sleazy. It's much more fun, especially in a comedy. You don't want to be some earnest guy who's just trying to do the right thing but can't. I want to be doing the wrong thing intentionally.
It would be terribly boring to be earnest.