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Verbs (5)
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sober
v. cause to become sober; "A sobering thought"
sober up, sober
v. become sober after excessive alcohol consumption; "Keep him in bed until he sobers up"
sober up, sober
v. become more realistic; "After thinking about the potential consequences of his plan, he sobered up"
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Adjectives (12)
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sober
adj. not affected by a chemical substance (especially alcohol)
unplayful, serious, sober
adj. completely lacking in playfulness
drab, sober, somber, sombre
adj. lacking brightness or color; dull; "drab faded curtains"; "sober Puritan grey"; "children in somber brown clothes"
grave, sedate, sober, solemn
adj. dignified and somber in manner or character and committed to keeping promises; "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"
Fuzzynyms (15)
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abstemious, light(a)
adj. marked by temperance in indulgence; "abstemious with the use of adverbs"; "a light eater"; "a light smoker"; "ate a light supper"
grey, gray
adj. intermediate in character or position; "a grey area between clearly legal and strictly illegal"
sedate, staid
adj. characterized by dignity and propriety
dangerous, grave, grievous, serious, severe, life-threatening
adj. causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm; "a dangerous operation"; "a grave situation"; "a grave illness"; "grievous bodily harm"; "a serious wound"; "a serious turn of events"; "a severe case of pneumonia"; "a life-threatening disease"
somber, sombre, serious
adj. (unplayful)
Synonyms (23)
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etiolate, etiolated, blanched
adj. (especially of plants) developed without chlorophyll by being deprived of light; "etiolated celery"
bleached, faded, washed-out, washy
adj. having lost freshness or brilliance of color; "sun-bleached deck chairs"; "faded jeans"; "a very pale washed-out blue"; "washy colors"
dulled, greyed
adj. deprived of color; "colors dulled by too much sun"; "greyed with the dust of the road"
dirty, dingy, muddied, muddy
adj. (of color) discolored by impurities; not bright and clear; "dirty" is often used in combination; "a dirty (or dingy) white"; "the muddied grey of the sea"; "muddy colors"; "dirty-green walls"; "dirty-blonde hair"
white, whitened
adj. (of hair) having lost its color; "the white hairs of old age"
earnest, sincere, solemn
adj. characterized by a firm and humorless belief in the validity of your opinions; "both sides were deeply in earnest, even passionate"; "an entirely sincere and cruel tyrant"; "a film with a solemn social message"
overserious
adj. excessively serious
real
adj. not to be taken lightly; "statistics demonstrate that poverty and unemployment are very real problems"; "to the man sleeping regularly in doorways homelessness is real"
thoughtful, serious-minded
adj. acting with or showing thought and good sense; "a sensible young man"
sobering
adj. tending to make sober or more serious; "the news had a sobering effect"
Antonyms (17)
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intoxicated, drunk
adj. as if under the influence of alcohol; "felt intoxicated by her success"; "drunk with excitement"
bibulous, boozy, drunken, sottish
adj. given to or marked by the consumption of alcohol; "a bibulous fellow"; "a bibulous evening"; "his boozy drinking companions"; "thick boozy singing"; "a drunken binge"; "two drunken gentlemen holding each other up"; "sottish behavior"
playful
adj. full of fun and high spirits; "playful children just let loose from school"
colored, coloured, colorful
adj. having color or a certain color; sometimes used in combination; "colored crepe paper"; "the film was in color"; "amber-colored heads of grain"
frivolous
adj. not serious in content or attitude or behavior; "a frivolous novel"; "a frivolous remark"; "a frivolous young woman"
witty
adj. combining clever conception and facetious expression; "his sermons were unpredictably witty and satirical as well as eloquent"
trivial
adj. concerned with trivialities; "a trivial young woman"; "a trivial mind"
flighty, flyaway, head-in-the-clouds, scatterbrained
adj. guided by whim and fancy; "flighty young girls"
sober
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