meaning of sober2
1. Temperate in the use of spirituous liquors; habitually temperate; as, a sober man.
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.
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.
6. To make sober.
7. To become sober; -- often with down.
8. become sober after excessive alcohol consumption; "Keep him in bed until he sobers
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Related Words
sober | sober up | sober-minded | sobered | sobering | soberize | soberly | soberness | sobersided | sobersides |
