sober
so|ber /s'oʊbər/ (sobers sobering sobered)
1 [ADJ] usu v-link ADJ
When you are sober, you are not drunk.
When Dad was sober he was a good father.
2 [ADJ]
A sober person is serious and thoughtful.
We are now far more sober and realistic...
The euphoria is giving way to a more sober assessment of the situation.
● soberly [ADV] usu ADV with v
`There's a new development,' he said soberly.
3 [ADJ]
Sober colours and clothes are plain and rather dull.
He dresses in sober grey suits.
...sober-suited middle-aged men.
= sombre
● soberly [ADV] ADV with v
She saw Ellis, soberly dressed in a well-cut dark suit.
4
see also sobering
5
stone-cold sober: see stone-coldsober up
[PHRASAL VERB] V P, V n P
If someone sobers up, or if something sobers them up, they become sober after being drunk.
He was left to sober up in a police cell.
...the idea that a cup of strong black coffee sobers you up.
1 [ADJ] usu v-link ADJ
When you are sober, you are not drunk.
When Dad was sober he was a good father.
2 [ADJ]
A sober person is serious and thoughtful.
We are now far more sober and realistic...
The euphoria is giving way to a more sober assessment of the situation.
● soberly [ADV] usu ADV with v
`There's a new development,' he said soberly.
3 [ADJ]
Sober colours and clothes are plain and rather dull.
He dresses in sober grey suits.
...sober-suited middle-aged men.
= sombre
● soberly [ADV] ADV with v
She saw Ellis, soberly dressed in a well-cut dark suit.
4
see also sobering
5
stone-cold sober: see stone-coldsober up
[PHRASAL VERB] V P, V n P
If someone sobers up, or if something sobers them up, they become sober after being drunk.
He was left to sober up in a police cell.
...the idea that a cup of strong black coffee sobers you up.