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soberest |
Overview of adj sober The adj sober has 4 senses (first 3 from tagged texts) 1. (5) sober -- (not affected by a chemical substance (especially alcohol)) 2. (5) grave, sedate, sober, solemn -- (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") 3. (1) drab, sober, somber, sombre -- (lacking brightness or color; dull; "drab faded curtains"; "sober Puritan gray"; "children in somber brown clothes") 4. unplayful, serious, sober -- (completely lacking in playfulness) Antonyms of adj sober 4 senses of sober Sense 1 sober (vs. intoxicated) intoxicated (vs. sober), drunk, inebriated => bacchanalian, bacchanal, bacchic, carousing, orgiastic => beery => besotted, blind drunk, blotto, crocked, fuddled, loaded, pie-eyed, pissed, pixilated, plastered, potty, slopped, sloshed, smashed, soaked, soused, sozzled, squiffy, stiff, tiddly, tiddley, tight, tipsy, wet => bibulous, boozy, drunken, sottish => doped, drugged, narcotized, narcotised => half-seas-over => high, mellow => hopped-up, stoned Sense 2 grave, sedate, sober, solemn INDIRECT (VIA serious) -> frivolous Sense 3 drab, sober, somber, sombre INDIRECT (VIA colorless) -> colorful, colourful Sense 4 unplayful (vs. playful), serious, sober Similarity of adj sober 4 senses of sober Sense 1 sober (vs. intoxicated) => cold sober, stone-sober => dry, teetotal => uninebriated, unintoxicated Sense 2 grave, sedate, sober, solemn => serious (vs. frivolous) Sense 3 drab, sober, somber, sombre => colorless (vs. colorful), colourless Sense 4 unplayful (vs. playful), serious, sober Attributes of adj sober 1 of 4 senses of sober Sense 4 unplayful (vs. playful), serious, sober => playfulness, fun Familiarity of adj sober sober used as an adjective is uncommon (polysemy count = 4) Grep of adj sober cold sober sober sobering sobersided stone-sober Overview of adj sober The adj sober has 4 senses (first 3 from tagged texts) 1. (5) sober -- (not affected by a chemical substance (especially alcohol)) 2. (5) grave, sedate, sober, solemn -- (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") 3. (1) drab, sober, somber, sombre -- (lacking brightness or color; dull; "drab faded curtains"; "sober Puritan gray"; "children in somber brown clothes") 4. unplayful, serious, sober -- (completely lacking in playfulness)
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