Sober word meaning and definition

[adjective] lacking brightness or color; dull; "drab faded curtains"; "sober Puritan gray"; "children in somber brown clothes"
[adjective] not affected by a chemical substance (especially alcohol)
[adjective] 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"
[adjective] completely lacking in playfulness
[verb] become sober after excessive alcohol consumption; "Keep him in bed until he sobers up"
[verb] become more realistic; "After thinking about the potential consequences of his plan, he sobered up"
[verb] cause to become sober; "A sobering thought"

\Sober\, a. [Compar. {Soberer}; superl. {Soberest}.] [OE. sobre, F. sobre, from L. sobrius, probably from a prefix so- expressing separation + ebrius drunken. Cf. {Ebriety}.] 1. Temperate in the use of spirituous liquors; habitually temperate; as, a sober man. That we may hereafter live a godly, righteous, and sober life, to the glory of Thy holy name. --Bk. of Com. Prayer. 2. Not intoxicated or excited by spirituous liquors; as, the sot may at times be sober. 3. Not mad or insane; not wild, visionary, or heated with passion; exercising cool, dispassionate reason; self-controlled; self-possessed. There was not a sober person to be had; all was tempestuous and blustering. --Druden. No sober man would put himself into danger for the applause of escaping without breaking his neck. --Dryden. 4. Not proceeding from, or attended with, passion; calm; as, sober judgment; a man in his sober senses. 5. Serious or subdued in demeanor, habit, appearance, or color; solemn; grave; sedate. What parts gay France from sober Spain? --Prior. See her sober over a sampler, or gay over a jointed baby. --Pope. Twilight gray Had in her sober livery all things clad. --Milton. Syn: Grave; temperate; abstinent; abstemious; moderate; regular; steady; calm; quiet; cool; collected; dispassionate; unimpassioned; sedate; staid; serious; solemn; somber. See {Grave}.
\So"ber\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Sobered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Sobering}.] To make sober. There shallow draughts intoxicate the brain, And drinking largely sobers us again. --Pope.
\So"ber\, v. i. To become sober; -- often with down. Vance gradually sobered down. --Ld. Lytton.

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