1 [notusuallybeforenoun] not drunk (= not affected by alcohol):
I promised him that I'd stay sober tonight. * He was as sober as a judge (= completely sober).
2 (of people and their behaviour) serious and sensible:
a sober assessment of the situation * He is honest, sober and hard-working. * On sober reflection (= after some serious thought), I don't think I really need a car after all.
3 (of colours or clothes) plain and not bright:
a sober grey suit
soberly adverb:
He was soberly dressed.
IDIOMS see STONECOLD
verb to make sb behave or think in a more serious and sensible way; to become more serious and sensible: [VN] The bad news sobered us for a while. * [V] He suddenly sobered.
PHRASALVERBS
sober up
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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This entry for sober is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is sober a noun, verb, or something else?
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