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Definition of Sobering
1. Adjective. Tending to make sober or more serious. "The news had a sobering effect"
Definition of Sobering
1. Adjective. Describing something that causes more sober thought or concern. ¹
2. Verb. (present participle of sober) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Sobering
1. sober [v] - See also: sober
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sobering
Literary usage of Sobering
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Report of the Proceedings by Church congress (1874)
"I count upon the calming, sobering, elevating influences of the holy services of
this day, and the hymns and prayers in which you all have joined. ..."
2. Party Government in the United States of America by William Milligan Sloane (1914)
"... not revolutionary—Enforced conservatism— Measure passed—The French acquisition
of Louisiana a sobering fact—Violations of strict construction—Louisiana ..."
3. Party Government in the United States of America by William Milligan Sloane (1914)
"... not revolutionary—Enforced conservatism— Measure passed—The French acquisition
of Louisiana a sobering fact—Violations pf strict construction—Louisiana ..."
4. The French Court and Society: Reign of Louis XVI and First Empire by Catherine Charlotte Jackson (1881)
"An overflowing cup of bliss—Privileged people—sobering down—Mocking tongues.
N the course of the four years that had elapsed between the departure of Count ..."
5. Club Makers and Club Members by Thomas Hay Sweet Escott (1914)
"... special games—Its sobering down—King Edward VII at White's. THE earliest of
our English club makers, the mediaeval Hoccleve, described his Court of Good ..."
6. The Shirley Letters from California Mines in 1851-52: Being a Series of by Thomas C. Russell (1922)
"... way through armed guard - Two seriously wounded - sobering effect of the
accident - Vigilance committee organized - Suspected Spaniards arrested - Trial ..."
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