sober

adjective · verbA2

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Tính từ

adjective

Comparative

soberer

Superlative

soberest

1.
Not drunk; not intoxicated.
2.
Not under the influence of any recreational drug.
3.
Not given to excessive drinking of alcohol.
Đồng nghĩa: abstemious, temperate, abstemious, abstentious, abstinent, sober, spareful, temperate
4.
(figuratively)(figurative) Moderate; realistic; serious; not playful; not passionate; cool; self-controlled.
Đồng nghĩa: measured, mellow, middle of the road, mild, moderate, nonexcessive, nonextreme, nonfanatic, proper, reasonable, reasonous, sober, temperate, tempered, unexcessive, unextreme, abstemious, calm, collected, composed, continent, cool, dispassionate, inexcitable, imperturbable, regular, sedate, sober, steady, staid, temperate, undisturbed, unexcitable, unexcited, unimpassioned, unpassionate, unperturbed, unruffled, unstirred, unsusceptible
5.
(of color) Dull; not bright or colorful.
Đồng nghĩa: muted, subdued, bland, colourless, dim, dingy, dull, faint, lackluster, leaden, muddy, sad, sober, uncolorful, unholiday, wan
6.
Subdued; solemn; grave.
Đồng nghĩa: austere, frightful, demure, serious, grave, earnest, grievous, lack-laughter, thoughtful, sad, sage, saturnine, sedate, solemn, solemncholy, sober, somber, sombre, staid, stern, sweer, weightsome, weighty
7.
(Scotland)Poor; feeble.

Động từ

verb

V_es/s

sobers

V_ing/Gerund

sobering

V_ed/pp

sobered

1.
(often, with up)(often with up) To make or become sober.
2.
(often, with up)(often with up) To overcome or lose a state of intoxication.
It took him hours to sober up.
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.

Từ liên quan

Đồng nghĩa

abstemious temperateabstentiousabstinent spareful measured mellowmiddle of the roadmild moderate nonexcessive nonextreme nonfanatic proper reasonablereasonoustempered unexcessive unextreme calm

Trái nghĩa

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Cùng gốc / liên quan

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Nguồn gốc từ

ine-pro Middle English sober, from Old French sobre, from Latin sōbrius, from se- (without) + ebrius (intoxicated), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁egʷʰ- (drink). In the sense "not drunk," displaced native undrunken, from undruncen.