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so·ber

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–adjective

1.	not intoxicated or drunk.

2.	habitually temperate, esp. in the use of liquor.

3.	quiet or sedate in demeanor, as persons.

4.	marked by seriousness, gravity, solemnity, etc., as of demeanor, speech, etc.: a sober occasion.

5.	subdued in tone, as color; not gay or showy, as clothes.

6.	free from excess, extravagance, or exaggeration: sober facts.

7.	showing self-control: sober restraint.

8.	sane or rational: a sober solution to the problem.

–verb (used with object), verb (used without object)

9.	to make or become sober: (often fol. by up).

[Origin: 1300–50; ME sobre < OF < L sōbrius

]

—Related forms

so·ber·ing·ly, adverb

so·ber·ly, adverb

so·ber·ness, noun

—Synonyms 2. abstinent, abstemious. 4. serious, quiet, sedate, subdued, staid. See grave². 5. somber, dull. 7. composed, collected. 8. reasonable, sound.

—Antonyms 4. gay.

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so·ber Audio Help (sō'bər) Pronunciation Key
adj. so·ber·er, so·ber·est

Habitually abstemious in the use of alcoholic liquors or drugs; temperate.
Not intoxicated or affected by the use of drugs.
Plain or subdued: sober attire.
Devoid of frivolity, excess, exaggeration, or speculative imagination; straightforward: gave a sober assessment of the situation.
Marked by seriousness, gravity, or solemnity of conduct or character. See Synonyms at serious.
Marked by circumspection and self-restraint.

tr. & intr.v. so·bered, so·ber·ing, so·bers
To make or become sober.

[Middle English, from Old French sobre, from Latin sōbrius; see s(w)e- in Indo-European roots.]

so'ber·ly adv., so'ber·ness n.

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