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Definition of Sober
1. Verb. Cause to become sober. "The performance is likely to sober Sue"; "A sobering thought"
2. Adjective. Not affected by a chemical substance (especially alcohol).
Antonyms: Intoxicated
Derivative terms: Soberness
3. Verb. Become more realistic. "After thinking about the potential consequences of his plan, he sobered up"
4. Adjective. Dignified and somber in manner or character and committed to keeping promises. "The judge was solemn as he pronounced sentence"
Similar to: Serious
Derivative terms: Graveness, Gravity, Sedateness, Soberness, Solemness, Solemnity, Solemnity
5. Verb. Become sober after excessive alcohol consumption. "Keep him in bed until he sobers up"
6. Adjective. Lacking brightness or color; dull. "Children in somber brown clothes"
Similar to: Colorless, Colourless
Derivative terms: Somberness, Sombreness
7. Adjective. Completely lacking in playfulness.
Attributes: Fun, Playfulness
Derivative terms: Seriousness, Soberness
Antonyms: Playful
Definition of Sober
1. a. Temperate in the use of spirituous liquors; habitually temperate; as, a sober man.
2. v. t. To make sober.
3. v. i. To become sober; -- often with down.
Definition of Sober
1. having control of one's faculties [adj SOBERER, SOBEREST] / to make sober [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: sober
Medical Definition of Sober
1. 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." "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 colour; 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) Synonym: Grave, temperate, abstinent, abstemious, moderate, regular, steady, calm, quiet, cool, collected, dispassionate, unimpassioned, sedate, staid, serious, solemn, somber. See Grave. Origin: OE. Sobre, F. Sobre, from L. Sobrius, probably from a prefix so- expressing separation + ebrius drunken. Cf. Ebriety. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
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