sober

adjective

1. 1

   Not drunk; not intoxicated.

2. 2

   Not under the influence of any recreational drug.

   Ten months sober, I must admit Just because you're clean, don't mean you don't miss it

3. 3

   Not given to excessive drinking of alcohol.

   Amid all the confusion and disorder that sin has introduced into the world, the Christian in union with God has a grace or Divine help that enables him to live the sober, self-restrained life.

   After eliminating alcohol from their lives, some sober individuals exclusively date nondrinkers.

   Rose told me that she's sober.

4. 4

   figurativeModerate; realistic; serious; not playful; not passionate; cool; self-controlled.

   God help me to watch and to be sober.

   [N]o ſober man vvould put himſelf into a danger for the Applauſe of ſcaping vvithout breaking his Neck.

   Which is the finest and soberest state possible.

5. 5

   Dull; not bright or colorful.

   Twilight grey / Had in her sober livery all things clad.

6. 6

   Subdued; solemn; grave.

   See her sober over a sampler, or gay over a jointed baby.

   What parts gay France from sober Spain? A little rising rocky chain.

7. 7

   Poor; feeble.

verb

1. 1

   To make or become sober.

   His expression sobered.

   There shallow draughts intoxicate the brain, / And drinking largely sobers us again.

   The night air may have sobered him a bit by the time they got back to Beattock.

2. 2

   To overcome or lose a state of intoxication.

   It took him hours to sober up.

3. 3

   To moderate one's feelings; to accept a disappointing reality after losing one's ability to believe in a fantastic goal.

   Losing his job was a sobering experience.

Forms

comparative

soberer

superlative

soberest

past tense

sobered

past participle

sobered

present participle

sobering

third person singular

sobers