Definition of sober Sober
/sowËbÉ/ - [sowber] - soâ¢ber
We found 24 definitions of sober from 6 different sources.
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| sober - cause to become sober; "A sobering thought" | ||
| modify, alter, change make less severe or harsh or extreme; "please modify this letter to make it more polite"; "he modified his views on same-gender marriage" | ||
| sober - become sober after excessive alcohol consumption; "Keep him in bed until he sobers up" | ||
| sober up | ||
| become, go, get enter or assume a certain state or condition; "He became annoyed when he heard the bad news"; "It must be getting more serious"; "her face went red with anger"; "She went into ecstasy"; "Get going!" | ||
| sober - become more realistic; "After thinking about the potential consequences of his plan, he sobered up" | ||
| sober up | ||
| become, go, get enter or assume a certain state or condition; "He became annoyed when he heard the bad news"; "It must be getting more serious"; "her face went red with anger"; "She went into ecstasy"; "Get going!" | ||
Adjectivesober, soberer, soberest |
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| sober - not affected by a chemical substance (especially alcohol) | ||
| inebriated, drunk, intoxicated stupefied or excited by a chemical substance (especially alcohol); "a noisy crowd of intoxicated sailors"; "helplessly inebriated" | ||
| cold sober, stone-sober totally sober | ||
| drug-free characteristic of a person not taking illegal drugs or of a place where no illegal drugs are used | ||
| teetotal, dry practicing complete abstinence from alcoholic beverages; "he's been dry for ten years"; "no thank you; I happen to be teetotal" | ||
| sober - 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" | ||
| grave, sedate, solemn | ||
| serious requiring effort or concentration; complex and not easy to answer or solve; "raised serious objections to the proposal"; "the plan has a serious flaw" | ||
| sober - completely lacking in playfulness | ||
| unplayful, serious | ||
| sober - lacking brightness or color; dull; "drab faded curtains"; "sober Puritan grey"; "children in somber brown clothes" | ||
| drab, somber, sombre | ||
| colorless, colourless weak in color; not colorful | ||
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Wiktionary 
- sober (Verb)
Often with up To make or become sober. - sober (Verb)
Often with up To overcome or lose a state of intoxication. - sober (Adjective)
Not drunk; not intoxicated. - sober (Adjective)
Not given to excessive drinking of alcohol. - sober (Adjective)
In character; moderate; realistic; serious; not playful; not passionate; cool; self-controlled. - sober (Adjective)
dull; not bright or colorful.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary ð
- sober (superl.)
Temperate in the use of spirituous liquors; habitually temperate; as, a sober man. - sober (superl.)
Not intoxicated or excited by spirituous liquors; as, the sot may at times be sober. - sober (superl.)
Not mad or insane; not wild, visionary, or heated with passion; exercising cool, dispassionate reason; self-controlled; self-possessed. - sober (superl.)
Not proceeding from, or attended with, passion; calm; as, sober judgment; a man in his sober senses. - sober (superl.)
Serious or subdued in demeanor, habit, appearance, or color; solemn; grave; sedate. - sober (v. t.)
To make sober. - sober (v. i.)
To become sober; -- often with down.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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sober
Not under the influence of alcohol or other drugs. -
sober
To remove oneself from a state of drunkenness; to become sober.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary ð
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sober
sÅâ²bÄr, adj. not wild or passionate: self-possessed: sedate: grave: calm: regular: simple in colour, sombre: not drunk: temperate, esp. in the use of liquors: (Scot.) poor, feeble.âv.t. to make sober: to free from intoxication.âadj. SÅâ²ber-bloodâ²ed, cool.âv.t. SÅâ²berise, to make sober.âadv. SÅâ²berly.âadj. SÅâ²ber-mindâ²ed, habitually calm and temperate.âns. SÅâ²ber-mindâ²edness, the state of being sober-minded: freedom from inordinate passion: calmness; SÅâ²berness; SÅâ²bersides, a sedate and solemn person.âadj. SÅâ²ber-suitâ²ed, dressed in a suit of sad-coloured clothes.ân. SÅbrÄ«â²ety, state or habit of being sober: calmness: gravity. [Fr. sobreâL. sobriusâse, apart, not, ebrius, drunk.]
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ð€- sober, verb, present, 1st person singular of sober (infinitive).
- sober, verb (infinitive).
- sober, adjective.
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