Examples: A sobering thought
Examples: After thinking about the potential consequences of his plan, he sobered up
Examples: Keep him in bed until he sobers up
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
Examples: drab faded curtains sober Puritan grey children in somber brown clothes
sober (English)└── sobre (Old French (842-ca. 1400)) └── sobrius (Latin) ├── ebrius (Latin) └── se- (Latin)
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