SOBER

drab, sober, somber, sombre

(adjective) lacking brightness or color; dull; “drab faded curtains”; “sober Puritan grey”; “children in somber brown clothes”

sober

(adjective) not affected by a chemical substance (especially alcohol)

grave, sedate, sober, solemn

(adjective) dignified and somber in manner or character and committed to keeping promises; “a grave God-fearing man”; “a quiet sedate nature”; “as sober as a judge”; “a solemn promise”; “the judge was solemn as he pronounced sentence”

unplayful, serious, sober

(adjective) completely lacking in playfulness

sober

(verb) cause to become sober; “A sobering thought”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Proper noun

Sober (plural Sobers)

A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Sober is the 23065^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1108 individuals. Sober is most common among White (91.7%) individuals.

Anagrams

• Beros, Boers, Boser, Brose, Serbo-, bores, brose, robes

Etymology

Adjective

sober (comparative soberer, superlative soberest)

not drunk; not intoxicated

not given to excessive drinking of alcohol

dull; not bright or colorful

subdued; solemn; grave

(Scotland) poor; feeble

Synonyms

• See also sober

• See also serious

• See also moderate

Antonyms

• (not drunk): drunk

Verb

sober (third-person singular simple present sobers, present participle sobering, simple past and past participle sobered)

(often with up) To make or become sober.

(often with up) To overcome or lose a state of intoxication.

To moderate one's feelings

Anagrams

• Beros, Boers, Boser, Brose, Serbo-, bores, brose, robes

Source: Wiktionary

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Sober, a. [Compar. Soberer; superl. Soberest.] Etym: [OE. sobre, F. sobre, from L. sobrius, probably from a prefix so- expressing separation + ebrius drunken. Cf. Ebriety.]

1. Temperate in the use of spirituous liquors; habitually temperate; as, a sober man. That we may hereafter live a godly, righteous, and sober life, to the glory of Thy holy name. Bk. of Com. Prayer.

2. Not intoxicated or excited by spirituous liquors; as, the sot may at times be sober.

3. Not mad or insane; not wild, visionary, or heated with passion; exercising cool, dispassionate reason; self-controlled; self- possessed. There was not a sober person to be had; all was tempestuous and blustering. Druden. No sober man would put himself into danger for the applause of escaping without breaking his neck. Dryden.

4. Not proceeding from, or attended with, passion; calm; as, sober judgment; a man in his sober senses.

5. Serious or subdued in demeanor, habit, appearance, or color; solemn; grave; sedate. What parts gay France from sober Spain Prior. See her sober over a sampler, or gay over a jointed baby. Pope. Twilight gray Had in her sober livery all things clad. Milton.

Syn.

– Grave; temperate; abstinent; abstemious; moderate; regular; steady; calm; quiet; cool; collected; dispassionate; unimpassioned; sedate; staid; serious; solemn; somber. See Grave.

So"ber, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sobered; p. pr. & vb. n. Sobering.]

Definition: To make sober. There shallow draughts intoxicate the brain, And drinking largely sobers us again. Pope.

So"ber, v. i.

Definition: To become sober; -- often with down. Vance gradually sobered down. Ld. Lytton.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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