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SOBER

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• SOBER (adjective)
The adjective SOBER has 4 senses:

1. not affected by a chemical substance (especially alcohol)
2. dignified and somber in manner or character and committed to keeping promises
3. lacking brightness or color; dull
4. completely lacking in playfulness

Familiarity information: SOBER used as an adjective is uncommon.

• SOBER (verb)
The verb SOBER has 3 senses:

1. cause to become sober
2. become more realistic
3. become sober after excessive alcohol consumption

Familiarity information: SOBER used as a verb is uncommon.

• SOBER (adjective)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Not affected by a chemical substance (especially alcohol)

Similar:

uninebriated; unintoxicated (not inebriated)

dry; teetotal (practicing complete abstinence from alcoholic beverages)

drug-free (characteristic of a person not taking illegal drugs or of a place where no illegal drugs are used)

cold sober; stone-sober (totally sober)

Antonym:

intoxicated (stupefied or excited by a chemical substance (especially alcohol))

Sense 2

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Meaning:

Dignified and somber in manner or character and committed to keeping promises

Synonyms:

grave; solemn; sober; sedate

Context examples:

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

Similar:

serious (concerned with work or important matters rather than play or trivialities)

Sense 3

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Meaning:

Lacking brightness or color; dull

Synonyms:

sombre; somber; drab; sober

Context examples:

drab faded curtains / sober Puritan grey / children in somber brown clothes

Similar:

colorless; colourless (weak in color; not colorful)

Sense 4

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Meaning:

Completely lacking in playfulness

Synonyms:

unplayful; sober; serious

Attribute:

fun; playfulness (a disposition to find (or make) causes for amusement)

• SOBER (verb)

Sense 1

sober ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

Cause to become sober

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Context example:

A sobering thought

Hypernyms (to "sober" is one way to...):

alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something

Sentence examples:

The bad news will sober him
The performance is likely to sober Sue

Sense 2

sober ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

Become more realistic

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

sober; sober up

Context example:

After thinking about the potential consequences of his plan, he sobered up

Hypernyms (to "sober" is one way to...):

become; get; go (enter or assume a certain state or condition)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Sense 3

sober ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

Become sober after excessive alcohol consumption

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

sober up; sober

Context example:

Keep him in bed until he sobers up

Hypernyms (to "sober" is one way to...):

become; get; go (enter or assume a certain state or condition)

"Sober" entails doing...:

booze; drink; fuddle (consume alcohol)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

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(English proverb)
"Shameful is not the one who doesn't know, but the one who doesn't ask."
(Azerbaijani proverb)
"Seek knowledge from the cradle to the grave."
(Arabic proverb)
"If you marry a monkey for his wealth, the money goes and the monkey remains as is."
(Egyptian proverb)

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